A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Quadrille.D.1

A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille, printed for George and Alex. Ewing, first Dublin edition, 1745.

	Title:	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 play-\|ing Sans Prendre. \| To which is added \| The LAWS of the GAME. \| [rule] \| By Edmond Hoyle, Gent. \| [double rule] \| DUBLIN: \| Printed for George and Alex. Ewing \| at the Angel and Bible in Dame-ſtreet, \| Bookſellers. M DCC XLV.
	Collation:	12o: A–B8/4 [$½ signed]; 12 leaves, pp. [1–3] 4–23 [24]

Contents:	Signature (Page) Reference	Contents	Signature (Page) Reference	Running Titles
	A1r (1)	title
	A1v (2)	advertisement for Whist.D.3 (price 6½d.), Memory.D.1 (price 3d.), Piquet.D.1 (price 6½d.), Backgammon.D.1 (price 6½d.), and Ewing.B (neatly bound together and lettered, price a British half crown).
	A2r–B4r (3–23)	‘[row of type orn] \| A Treatiſe on the Game of \| QUADRILLE. \| [...]’	A2v–B4r (4–23)	‘A ſhort Treatiſe on the \| Game of Quadrille.’
	B4v (24)	‘[row of type orn] \| CONTENTS. \| [...]’

Publisher:	George and Alexander Ewing
Notices:	1745-02-12 The Dublin Courant: "This day is published...price 3d."
Price:	3d. (advertisement)
References:	ESTC T88043, Jessel 791, Marshall s7 no.8 p264 (1889-10-05), Rather 23
Copies Seen:	L [7920.aa.17] (ECCO); CLU-C [*GV1295.O5H8]; CU-BANC [pGV1295.O5 H69 1745]
Copies Seen in Collections:	D [393.h3] (see Ewing.C); D [Dublin1761(21)] (see Ewing.D); L [7917 de.73] (see Ewing.B); O [Jessel f.541(5)] (see Ewing.A); O [Jessel f.570(2)] (see Ewing.B); O [Jessel f.571(2)] (see Ewing.B); NvLN [GV1201.H83 1743] (see Ewing.A); OCl [789.87H F45D] (see Ewing.B); TxU [Ak H852 B752p] (see Ewing.C); Levy [1609] (see Ewing.B)
Other Copies in Collections:	C [Hib.7.745.29] (see Ewing.B); CaOTP [795 H598] (see Ewing.B); ICD [SPC. 795 H868P] (see Ewing.B); LU [GV1243.H7] (see Ewing.A); MH-H [SG 3652.152*] (see Ewing.C); WaS [R795 H852P] (see Ewing.B); AuNU [RB 4645.44] (see Ewing.B)