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Title: | [within a rectangular border] HOYLE"S GAMES; | Containing | WHIST, CHESS, DRAUGHTS, | AND | BACK-GAMMON, | With the Last New Rules established at London | and Bath, | Adapted either for the Head or Pocket. | [woodblock] | DERBY: | Printed and published by | THOMAS RICHARDSON; | and sold by | HURST, CHANCE, AND CO., LONDON. |
| Collation: | 10.6 x 6.3: π1 [A]16(−A1,2,16), 2[A]16(−2A1,16), 3[A]16, 4[A]16(−4A1,16) [unsigned]; 58 leaves, pp. [2 ] [5–7] 8–9 [10–11] 12–30, 2[1–5] 6–26 [27–28], 3[1–7] 8–31 [32], 4[3–5] 6 7–30 |
| Parts: | Richardson.Whist.1818 Richardson.Chess.1818 Richardson.Draughts.1818 Richardson.Backgammon.1818 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| π1r | title | |||
| π1v | blank | |||
| A3r–A15v (5–30) | see Richardson.Whist.1818 | A4v–A15v (8–30) | see Richardson.Whist.1818 | |
| 2A2r–A15v (21–28) | see Richardson.Chess.1818 | |||
| 3A1r–A16v (31–32) | see Richardson.Draughts.1818 | 3A4v–A16r (38–31) | see Richardson.Draughts.1818 | |
| 4A2r–A15v (43–30) | see Richardson.Backgammon.1818 | 4A3v–A15v (46–30) | see Richardson.Backgammon.1818 |
| Plates: | on π1r woodblock: Two couples playing whist |
| Printer: | Thomas Richardson |
| References: | Jessel 1717 |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel g.247] Copisarow [2 copies] Levy [1291] |
| Notes: | The Oxford copy lacks a collected title page, but begins with the title page for whist. One of the Copisarow copies has a different collected title page with the imprint London: Richardson and Son, 172, Fleet Street; 9, Capel Street, Dublin; and Derby. |