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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 Memory of | thoſe that Play at the Game of WHIST. | [rule] | By Edmund Hoyle, Gent. | [rule] | A New Addition, with great Additions to the | Game of Whiſt; among which are, A Dictio-|nary of Whiſt, which reſolves almoſt all the | Critical Caſes that may happen at the Game. | ALSO | A whole Chapter of thirteen New Caſes, never be-|fore publiſed. | [double rule] | DUBLIN: | Printed for G. and A. Ewing at the Angel and Bible | in Dame-Street. M,dcc,lii. |
| Collation: | 12o: π2 [A]2 B–C8/4 C8 D4 F4, 2A6, 3A–B8/4, 4A–D8/4, 5π2 A–B8/4 C8 [$½ signed]; 96 leaves, pp. [8 ] [1] 2–56, 2[1–2] 3–12, 3[1–3] 4–23 [24], 4[1–2] 3–47 [48], 5[1–5] 6–43 [44] |
| Parts: | Whist.D.4 Memory.D.2* Quadrille.D.2* Backgammon.D.2* Piquet.D.2* |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r | blank | |||
| π1v | advertisements | |||
| π2r | title page | |||
| π2v | blank | |||
| A1r–A2v | see Whist.D.4 (1752) | A2v | see Whist.D.4 (1752) | |
| B1r–F4v (1–56) | see Whist.D.4 (1752) | B1v–F4v (2–56) | see Whist.D.4 (1752) | |
| 2A1r–A6v (21–12) | see Memory.D.2* (1751) | 2A2v–A6v (24–12) | see Memory.D.2* (1751) | |
| 3A1r–B4v (31–24) | see Quadrille.D.2* (1754) | 3A2v–B4r (34–23) | see Quadrille.D.2* (1754) | |
| 4A1r–D4v (41–48) | see Backgammon.D.2* (1753) | |||
| 5π1r–C8v (51–44) | see Piquet.D.2* (1752) | 5A1v–C8r (56–43) | see Piquet.D.2* (1752) |
| Publisher: | George and Alexander Ewing |
| Advertisements: | 1752-02-22 Dublin Journal: “This day is published...price 1s. 1d. in Marble Paper. With the Addition of a Dictionary of Whist: which resolves almost all the critical cases that may happen at the game: Also a whole Chapter of thirteen cases, never before publish'd. The Polite Gamester...N. B. This thirteenth edition of the game of whist, with additions, not in any other edition printed in this Kingdom, may be had separately, price 4d. ☞ Be careful to ask for the edition printed for G. and A. Ewing." |
| Price: | 1s.1d. (advertisement) |
| References: | ESTC T218262 |
| Copies Seen: | D [393.h3] (lacks π1.2): Whist.D.4, Memory.D.2*, Quadrille.D.1, Backgammon.D.2*, Piquet.D.2* O [Jessel f.572] (ECCO) TNJ [GV1241.H8P 1752b c.1] TNJ [GV1241.H8P 1752b c.2] TxU [Ak.H852.B752p]: Whist.D.4, Memory.D.2*, Quadrille.D.1, Backgammon.D.1, Piquet.D.2* |
| Other Copies: | L [D-7913.bb.52] (destroyed, exact makeup unknown) MH-H [SG 3652.152*] (ECCO): Whist.D.4, Memory.D.2*, Quadrille.D.1, Backgammon.D.1, Piquet.D.2* |