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| Title: | A | COMPLETE TREATISE | ON THE | GAME OF CHESS, | IN WHICH | The Rules and Practice of the most eminent | Players are exhibited, | AND A GREAT VARIETY OF | EXAMPLES FOR LEARNERS INTRODUCED. | WITH A PLATE. | [short rule] | ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY | Mr. HOYLE, | BUT NOW REVISED AND AUGMENTED BY | CHARLES JACKSON, Esq. | [short rule] | LONDON | Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars; | FOR R. SCHOLEY, VERNOR, HOOD, AND | SHARPE, LANE AND NEWMAN, T .AND R. | HUGHES, C. CHAPPLE, H. D. SYMONDS, C. | BOOKER, SCATCHERD AND LETTERMAN; | WILSON AND SPENCE, YORK; AND MUN-|DELL AND CO. EDINBURGH. | Price One Shilling. | 1808. |
| Collation: | 12o: [A]1 B–E12 [F]1 [$½ signed]; 50 leaves, pp. [2 ] [1] 2–47 [48] 49–98 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r | title | |||
| A1v | blank | |||
| B1r–F1v (1–98) | ‘THE | GAME OF CHESS. | [...] | [colophon]’ | B1v–F1v (2–98) | ‘CHESS.’ |
| Plates: | Frontispiece engraving: ‘The Cheſs Men. | [chess men] | Pawn. Rook. Knight. Bishop. Queen King. | [chess board] | CHESS BOARD.’ |
| Publisher: | Robert Scholey, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, Lane and Newman, T. and R. Hughes, Clement Chapple, Henry Delahoy Symonds, C. Booker, Scatcherd and Letterman, Wilson and Spence, Mundell and Co. |
| Printer: | Thomas Davison (title, colophon) |
| Advertisements: | 1808-07-27 Morning Post: "...The game at billiards to be had separately, price 1s. 6d. Chess 1s. 6d. and Backgammon 1s... " |
| Price: | 1s.6d. (advertisement) |
| References: | Rather 93 |
| Colophon: | ‘[short rule] | T. Davison, Whitefriars.’ |
| Copies Seen: | OCl [789 G8H2] |
| Other Copies: | BNF [V-41818] |