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THE | Polite Gameſter: | CONTAINING, | SHORT TREATISES | On the Games of | [3 lines to left of double rule] WHIST, with an | ARTIFICIAL
ME-|MORY, | [3 lines to right of double rule] QUADRILLE, | BACK-GAMMON, |
PIQUET and CHESS. | TOGETHER WITH AN | ESSAY | TOWARDS MAKING THE | Doctrine of Chances | Easy to thoſe who underſtand Vulgar | Arithmetic only. | To which are added, | Some Uſeful TABLES on Annuities for | Lives, &c. &c. &c. | By EDMUND HOYLE, Gent. | DUBLIN: | PRINTED BY T. EWING IN
CAPEL-STREET. | M. DCC. LXXII. |
| Collation: |
12o: π1 A4 B–I12 K12(K12+1) [$1–5 (−A3,4,C3,4,5,D3,4,5,E5,G3,H5) signed]; 114 leaves, pp. [10 ] [1] 2–58 [59–61] 62–68 [69–71] 72–88 [89–91] 92–123 [124–127] 128–151 [152–155] 156–166 [167–171] 172–217 [218] |
| Section Title Artifical Memory |
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AN | Artificial Memory. | OR, AN | EASY METHOD | OF | Aſſiſting the Memory of thoſe that | play at the Game of Whist. | To which are added, | Several Caſes not hitherto Publiſhed. | By
EDMUND HOYLE, Gent. | DUBLIN: | PRINTED BY THOMAS EWING IN CAPEL-STREET. |
M. DCC. LXXII. |
| Section Title Quadrille |
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A SHORT | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | QUADRILLE. | SHEWING, | The
Odds of winning or loſing moſt Games | that are commonly played; either by
calling | a King, or by playing Sans Prendre. | To which are Added | The LAWS of the GAME. | By EDMUND HOYLE, Gent. | DUBLIN: | PRINTED BY T. EWING IN CAPLE-STREET.
| M. DCC. LXXII. |
| Section Title Backgammon |
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A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | Back-Gammon. | CONTAINING: | [11 lines to left of rule] A TABLE of the
thirty-ſix | Chances, with Directions how | to find out the Odds of being |
hit, upon ſingle, or double | Dice. | Rules whereby a Beginner may, | with
due Attention to them, | attain playing it well. | The ſeveral Stages for
carrying | your Men home, in order to | loſe no Point. | [11 lines to right of
rule] How to find out who is for-|wardeſt to win a Hit. | Caſes ſtated for
Back-Games, | with Directions how to play | for one. | Caſes ſtated, how to
know when | you may have the better of | ſaving a Gammon by running. |
Variety of Caſes of Curioſity | and Inſtruction. | The Laws of the Game. |
[rule] | By EDMOND HOYLE, Gent. | [rule] | [tailpiece] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED BY T. EWING IN CAPEL-STREET. | M. DCC.
LXXI. |
| Section Title Piquet |
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A | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | PIQUET. | [rule] | By EDMOND HOYLE,
Gent. | [rule] | [tailpiece] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED BY T. EWING IN CAPEL-STREET. | M.
DCC. LXXI. |
| Section Title Chess |
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SOME | RULES | AND | OBSERVATIONS | For playing well at | CHESS. | DUBLIN: | PRINTED BY THOMAS EWING IN CAPEL-STREET. | M. DCC.
LXXII. |
| Section Title Doctrine of Chances |
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AN | ESSAY | TOWARDS MAKING THE | DOCTRINE | OF | CHANCES | Easy to thoſe who underſtand Vulgar | Arithmetic only. | To which are added, | Some Uſeful TABLES on Annuities for | Lives, &c. &c. &c. | [rule] | By Mr. HOYLE. | [rule] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED BY T. EWING IN
CAPEL-STREET. | M. DCC. LXXII. |
| Contents: |
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Running Titles |
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‘[double rule] | CONTENTS. | [...]’ |
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‘CONTENTS.’ |
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| B1r–D5v (1–58) |
‘A SHORT | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | WHIST. |
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B1v–D5r (2–57) |
‘A ſhort Treatise on | the Game of Whist.’ |
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D5v (58) |
‘A ſhort Treatise &c.’ |
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section title Artificial Memory |
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| D7r–D10v (61–68) |
‘AN | Artificial Memory. | OR, | An eaſy Method of aſſiſting the Memory of | thoſe that play at the Game of Whist. | [...]’ |
D7v–D10r (62–67) |
‘An Artificial | MEMORY.’ |
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D10v (68) |
‘An Artificial, &c.’ |
| D11r (69) |
section title quadrille |
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| D12r–E8v (71–88) |
‘A SHORT | TREATISE | On the Game of | QUADRILLE. | [...]’ |
D12v–E8r (72–87) |
‘A ſhort Treatise on the | Game of Quadrille.’ |
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on D12v (72) |
‘A ſhort Treatise on’ |
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E8v (88) |
‘A ſhort Treatise, &c.’ |
| E9r (89) |
section title backgammon |
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| E10r–G2r (91–123) |
‘A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | Back-Gammon. | [...]’ |
E10v–G2r (92–123) |
‘A ſhort Treatise on the | Game of Back-Gammon.’ |
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on F8r (111), F11r (117) |
‘the Game of Back-Gammon.’ |
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on F12v (120) |
‘A ſhort Treatise on’ |
| G2v (124) |
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| G3r (125) |
section title piquet |
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| G3v (126) |
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| G4r–H4r (127–151) |
‘A | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | PIQUET. | [...]’ |
G4v–H4r (128–151) |
‘A Treatiſe on Piquet.’ |
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| H5r (153) |
section title chess |
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| H6r–H11v (155–166) |
‘SOME| RULES | AND | OBSERVATIONS | For playing well at Chess. | [...]’ |
H6v–H11r (156–165) |
‘Rules and Obſervations | for playing at CHESS.’ |
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H11v (166) |
‘Rules and Obſervations &c.’ |
| H12r (167) |
section title doctrine of chances |
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| H12v (168) |
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| I1r (169) |
‘TO THE | RIGHT HONOURABLE | THE | EARL OF EGMONT. |
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| I1v (170) |
‘THE | PREFACE. | [...]’ |
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| I2r–K12+1r (171–217) |
‘AN | ESSAY | ON THE | DOCTRINE of CHANCES, &c. | [...]’ |
I2v–K12+1r (172–217) |
‘An Essay on the | Doctrine of Chances.’ |
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