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Title: | THE | POLITE GAMESTER: | CONTAINING | Short TREATISES | On the Games of | [2 lines braced to right] WHIST, | QUADRILLE, | [two lines braced to left] BACK-GAMMON, | PIQUET and CHESS. | TOGETHER WITH | An Artificial Memory, | OR AN | Eaſy Method of aſſiſting the Me-|mory of thoſe that Play at the Game | of WHIST. | [rule] | By EDMUND HOYLE, Gent. | [double rule] | DUBLIN: | Printed for G. and A. EWING at the | Angel and Bible in Dame-ſtreet, 1745. |
| Collation: | 12o: π1 A–D8/4 E8 F4(−F4 missing, blank?), 2A–B8/4, 3A–F8/4, 4[A]2 B–E8/4 F8 G2, 5A8 B4 [$½ (−3A4,5A2) signed]; 132 leaves, pp. [6 ] 1–66, 2[1–3] 4–23 [24], 3[2 ] 1–69 [70], 4[4 ] [1] 2–68, 5[1–4] 5–21 [22–24] |
| Parts: | Whist.D.3 Quadrille.D.1 Backgammon.D.1 Piquet.D.1 Memory.D.1 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r | collected title page | |||
| π1v | blank | |||
| A1r–A2v | see Whist.D.3 (1745) | |||
| A3r–F3v (1–66) | see Whist.D.3 (1745) | |||
| 2A1r–B4v (21–24) | see Quadrille.D.1 (1745) | |||
| 3A1r–A1v | see Backgammon.D.1 (1744) | |||
| 3A2r–F4v (31–70) | see Backgammon.D.1 (1744) | |||
| 4A1r–A2v | see Piquet.D.1 (1744) | |||
| 4B1r–G2v (41–68) | see Piquet.D.1 (1744) | |||
| 5A1r–B4v (51–24) | see Memory.D.1 (1744) |
| Publisher: | George and Alexander Ewing |
| Advertisements: | 1745-02-12 Quadrille.D.1: "The above treatises may be had...all neatly bound together and lettered.
Price a British Half Crown." 1746-12-09 The Dublin Courant: "Where may be had...The Polite Gamester, containing treatises on Whist, Quadrille, Backgammon, Piquet and Chess &c. price 2s. 8d. half." |
| Price: | 2s.8½d. (advertisement) |
| References: | ESTC T88044, Rather 24 |
| Copies Seen: | L [7917 de.73] O [Jessel f.541] (lacks π1): Whist.D.2, Quadrille.D.1, Backgammon.D.1, Piquet.D.1, Memory.D.1 O [Jessel f.570] O [Jessel f.571] (lacks π1) NvLN [GV1201.H83 1743] (lacks π1): Whist.D.2, Quadrille.D.1, Backgammon.D.1, Piquet.D.1, Memory.D.1 OCl [789.87H F45D]: Whist.D.3, Quadrille.D.1, Backgammon.D.1, Piquet.D.1, Memory.D.2*, Brag.D.1 Levy [1609] |
| Other Copies: | C [Hib.7.745.29] CaOTP [795 H598] ICD [SPC. 795 H868P] LU [GV1243.H7]: Whist.D.2, Quadrille.D.1, Backgammon.D.1, Piquet.D.1, Memory.D.1 WaS [R795 H852P] AuNU [RB 4645.44] |