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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 Polite.A (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 |
| Advertisements: | 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 Polite.B); D [Dublin1761(21)] (see Polite.C); L [7917 de.73] (see Polite.A); O [Jessel f.541(5)] (see Polite.A); O [Jessel f.570(2)] (see Polite.A); O [Jessel f.571(2)] (see Polite.A); NvLN [GV1201.H83 1743] (see Polite.A); OCl [789.87H F45D] (see Polite.A); TxU [Ak H852 B752p] (see Polite.B); Levy [1609] (see Polite.A) |
| Other Copies in Collections: | C [Hib.7.745.29] (see Polite.A); CaOTP [795 H598] (see Polite.A); ICD [SPC. 795 H868P] (see Polite.A); LU [GV1243.H7] (see Polite.A); MH-H [SG 3652.152*] (see Polite.B); WaS [R795 H852P] (see Polite.A); AuNU [RB 4645.44] (see Polite.A) |