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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. | [short rule] | Second Edition. | [short rule] | LONDON: | Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, | FOR WYNNE AND SCHOLEY, PATERNOSTER ROW; | AND VERNOR AND HOOD, POULTRY. | 1804. |
| Collation: | 12o: [A]2 B–I12 K6 [$½ (−D6,F2,I4) signed; signing $2–6 as '2'–'6']; 104 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–72 [73] 74–105 [106] 107–129 [130] 131 [132] 133–135 [136] 137–138 [139] 140–149 [150] 151–154 [155] 156–169 [170] 171 [172] 173–177 [178] 179–185 [186] 187–188 [189] 190 [191] 192–194 [195] 196 [197] 198–202 [203–204] |
| Engraved Title: |  |
| 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–D12v (2–72) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| D2r–D12v (51–72) | ‘Mr. PAYNE's | MAXIMS FOR WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| E1r–F5r (73–105) | ‘THE | GAME OF QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | E1v–F5r (74–105) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| F5v–G5r (106–129) | ‘THE GAME OF PIQUET. | [...]’ | F6r–G5r (107–129) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| G5v–G6r (130–131) | ‘THE | GAME OF QUINZE. | [...]’ | G6r (131) | ‘QUINZE.’ | |
| G6v–G8r (132–135) | ‘THE | GAME OF VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | G7r–G8r (133–135) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| G8v–G9v (136–138) | ‘THE | GAME OF LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | G9r–G9v (137–138) | ‘LANSQUENET.’ | |
| G10r–H3r (139–149) | ‘THE | GAME OF PHARO. | [...]’ | G10v–H3r (140–149) | ‘PHARO.’ | |
| H3v–H5v (150–154) | ‘THE | GAME OF ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | H4r–H5v (151–154) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| H6r–I1r (155–169) | ‘THE | GAME OF CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | H6v–I1r (156–169) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| I1v–I2r (170–171) | ‘THE | GAME OF MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | I2r (171) | ‘MATRIMONY.’ | |
| I2v–I5r (172–177) | ‘THE | GAME OF CASSINO. | [...]’ | I3r–I5r (173–177) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| I5v–I9r (178–185) | ‘THE | GAME OF REVERSIS. | [...]’ | I6r–I9r (179–185) | ‘REVERSIS.’ | |
| I9v–I10v (186–188) | ‘THE | GAME OF PUT. | [...]’ | I10r–I10v (187–188) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| I11r–I11v (189–190) | ‘THE | GAME OF CONNEXIONS. | [...]’ | I11v (190) | ‘CONNEXIONS.’ | |
| I12r–K1v (191–194) | ‘THE | GAME OF ALL FOURS. | [...]’ | I12v–K1v (192–194) | ‘ALL FOURS.’ | |
| K2r–K2v (195–196) | ‘THE | GAME OF SPECULATION. | [...]’ | K2v (196) | ‘SPECULATION.’ | |
| K3r–K5v (197–202) | ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS. | [...] | [colophon]’ | K3v–K5v (198–202) | ‘CONTENTS’ | |
| K6r–K6v (203–204) | blank |
| Plates: | before A1r engraving: engraved extra title page dated 1805 |
| Publisher: | Wynne and Scholey, Vernor and Hood |
| Printer: | Thomas Bensley (title, colophon) |
| Advertisements: | 1805-06-10 Morning Post: "This day is published, price 3s. 6d. in paper case, 6s. 6d. in morocco, and 8s. in morocco with silver lock, elegantly printed by Bensley, and hot pressed, The New Pocket Hoyle...Printed for Wynne and Scholey...and Vernor and Hood." |
| Price: | 3s.6d. in a slip case (advertisement), 6s.6d. in morocco (advertisement), 8s. morocco with silver lock (advertisement) |
| References: | Rather 86 |
| Colophon: | ‘T. Bensley, Printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street.’ |
| Copies Seen: | BFl [I.795/HOYL (b1163082)]; E [AB.1.94.48]; O [Jessel f.620]; O [Jessel f.621]; Levy [1402]; Levy [1729]; Levy [1731] |
| Other Copies: | NOu [GV1243.H6]; MoU [GV1243.N48 1804]; OCl [789.87H G4L]; AuANL [RB De Vesci 1037] |
| Notes: | In 1803, James Wallis sold a one-third share of The New Pocket Hoyle, second and all future editions to Mssrs. Vernor and Hood for eight guineas. The receipt is at the British Library, in the Collection of Assignments of Copyright Between English Authors and Publishers formed by Willaim Upcott, Add MS 38730 f. 195.In the one copy I have seen in a slip case (O [Jessel f.621]), the slip case is dated 1802. |