A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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The New Pocket Hoyle, printed by T. Bensley for Wynne and Scholey et al, first London edition, 1802.

pocket.1.jpg Title: THE | NEW POCKET HOYLE, | CONTAINING | THE GAMES | OF | [eight lines to left] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | PIQUET, | QUINZE, | LANSQUENET, | PHARO, | ROUGE ET NOIR, | CRIBBAGE, | [eight lines to right] MATRIMONY, | CASSINO, | REVERSIS, | PUT, | CONNEXIONS, | ALL FOURS, | AND | SPECULATION. | Accurately displaying the Rules and Practice, | as admitted and established by the first | Players in the Kingdom. | LONDON: | Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, | FOR WYNNE AND SCHOLEY, 45; and J. WALLIS, | 46, PATERNOSTER ROW. | 1802.
Collation: 12o: [A]2 B–I12 K6 [$½ (−H6) signed; signing $2–6 as '2'–'6']; 104 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–73 [74] 75–106 [107] 108–130 [131] 132 [133] 134–136 [137] 138–139 [140] 141–150 [151] 152–155 [156] 157–170 [171] 172 [173] 174–178 [179] 180–186 [187] 188–189 [190] 191 [192] 193–195 [196] 197 [198–199] 200–204
Slipcase: pocket.1.slipcase.jpg
Engraved Title: pocket.1.engraved.title.jpg
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r title
A1v blank
A2r ‘PREFACE. | [...]’
A2v blank
B1r–D1v (1–50) ‘HOYLE'S GAMES, | &c. &c. | THE GAME OF WHIST. | [...]’ B1v–E1r (2–73) ‘WHIST.’
D2r–E1r (51–73) ‘Mr. PAYNE's | MAXIMS FOR WHIST. | [...]’
E1v–F5v (74–106) ‘THE | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ E2r–F5v (75–106) ‘QUADRILLE.’
F6r–G5v (107–130) ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ F6v–G5v (108–130) ‘PIQUET.’
G6r–G6v (131–132) ‘THE | GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ G6v (132) ‘QUINZE.’
G7r–G8v (133–136) ‘THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ G7v–G8v (134–136) ‘VINGT-UN.’
G9r–G10r (137–139) ‘THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ G9v–G10r (138–139) ‘LANSQUENET.’
G10v–H3v (140–150) ‘THE | GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ G11r–H3v (141–150) ‘PHARO.’
H4r–H6r (151–155) ‘THE | GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ H4v–H6r (152–155) ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’
H6v–I1v (156–170) ‘THE | GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ H7r–I1v (157–170) ‘CRIBBAGE.’
I2r–I2v (171–172) ‘THE | GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ I2v (172) ‘MATRIMONY.’
I3r–I5v (173–178) ‘THE | GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ I3v–I5v (174–178) ‘CASSINO.’
I6r–I9v (179–186) ‘THE | GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ I6v–I9v (180–186) ‘REVERSIS.’
I10r–I11r (187–189) ‘THE | GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ I10v–I11r (188–189) ‘PUT.’
I11v–I12r (190–191) ‘THE | GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ I12r (191) ‘CONNEXIONS.’
I12v–K2r (192–195) ‘THE | GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ K1r–K2r (193–195) ‘ALL FOURS.’
K2v–K3r (196–197) ‘THE | GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ K3r (197) ‘SPECULATION.’
K3v (198) blank
K4r–K6v (199–204) ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS. | [...] | [colophon]’ K4v–K6v (200–204) ‘CONTENTS’
Plates: before A1r engraving: engraved extra title page
Publisher: Wynne and Scholey, James Wallis
Printer: Thomas Bensley (title, colophon)
Notices: 1802-08-19 Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette: "The New Pocket Hoyle. This day is published, elegantly printed by Bensley, in a beautiful pocket size, neatly done up to slip in a case, price 4s.—calf elegant, 5s. 6d.—and in morocco with silver lock, 8s...The public are here presented, for the first time, with an elegant pocket edition of Mr. Hoyle's Games, forming in itself a complete companion to the card table, and rendering a reference to any other works of a similar nature totally unnecessary. The whole has been carefully revised and newly arranged; every writer of merit has been consulted with the greatest caution, and such additions and corrections have been made as were found necessary to the perfection of the work. With these advantages, the proprietors look forward with confidence to its introduction into all fashionable circles, and its general adoption by the public at large; as they are conscious it will be found more convenient in its form, more elegant in its execution and more correct in its matter, than any edition of the same work which has hitherto appeared."
Notices: 1802-09 The Monthly Magazine: (Google)
Price: 4s. in a slip case (advertisement), 5s.6d. calf elegant (advertisement), 8s. morocco with silver lock (advertisement)
References: Jessel 822, Rather 81
Colophon: ‘T. Bensley, Printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London.’
Copies Seen: BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1124869)]; O [Jessel f.619]; Copisarow; TNJ [GV1243.N3 1802]; Levy [1728]
Other Copies: L [7913.a.64]; HAG [KW 2217 F 7]; LT [Wb 700]; LU [GV1243.N48]; NvLN [GV1243.N48 1802]; OCl [789.87H G2B]
Notes: In the copies I have seen in a slip case (Copisarow, Levy), the case is dated 1802.

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