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Title: |
THE | Polite Gameſter: | CONTAINING, | SHORT TREATISES | On the GAMES
of | [3 lines to left of rule] WHIST, with an | ARTIFICIAL | MEMORY, | [3
lines to right of 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. | [rule] | By EDMOND HOYLE, Gent. | [rule] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED by J.
HOEY, No. 19, Parliament-Street | M,DCC,LXXXIII. |
| Collation: |
12o: π1 A4 B–C12 D12(±D6,11) E12(±E9) F12 G12(±G3) H12(±H5,12) 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 |
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. | [rule]
| By EDMOND HOYLE, Gent. | [rule] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED by J. HOEY, No. 19,
Parliament-Street. | M,DCC,LXXXIII. |
| Section Title Quadrille |
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. | [rule] | By EDMOND
HOYLE, Gent. | [rule] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED by J. HOEY, No. 19,
Parliament-Street. | M,DCC,LXXXIII. |
| Section Title Backgammon |
A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | Back-Gammon. | CONTAINING, | [12 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. | [12 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] | [orn] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED by J.
HOEY, No. 19, Parliament-Street. | M,DCC,LXXXIII. |
| Section Title Piquet |
A | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | PIQUET. | [rule] | By EDMOND HOYLE,
Gent. | [rule] | [orn] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED by J. HOEY, No. 19,
Parliament-Street. | M,DCC,LXXXIII. |
| Section Title Chess |
SOME | RULES | AND | OBSERVATIONS | FOR PLAYING WELL AT | CHESS. |
DUBLIN: | PRINTED by J. HOEY, No. 19, Parliament-Street. |
M,DCC,LXXXIII. |
| Section Title Doctrine of Chances |
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 EDMOND HOYLE, Gent. | [rule] | DUBLIN: | PRINTED by J.
HOEY, No. 19, Parliament-Street. | M,DCC,LXXXIII. |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
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title |
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| A1r–A4v |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
A2v–A4r |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
| B1r–D5v (1–58) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
B1v–D5v (2–58) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
| D6r (59) |
section title Artificial Memory |
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| D6v (60) |
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| D7r–D10v (61–68) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
D7v–D10v (62–68) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
| D11r (69) |
title page quadrille |
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| D11v (70) |
blank |
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| D12r–E8v (71–88) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
D12v–E8r (72–87) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
| E9r (89) |
title page backgammon |
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| E9v (90) |
blank |
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| E10r–G2v (91–124) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
E10v–G2v (92–124) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
| G3r (125) |
section title piquet |
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| G3v (126) |
blank |
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| G4r–H4v (127–152) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
G4v–H4r (128–151) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
| H5r (153) |
section title chess |
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| H5v (154) |
blank |
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| H6r–H11v (155–166) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
H6v–H11v (156–166) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
| H12r (167) |
section title doctrine of chances |
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| H12v (168) |
blank |
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| I1r–K12+1v (169–218) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |
I2v–K12+1r (172–217) |
see Polite.1.1 (1772) |