A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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The Beauties of Hoyle and Paine, printed for T. Cox, first London edition, 1792.
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Title: |
THE | BEAUTIES | OF | HOYLE AND PAINE; | OR, | A COMPENDIUM OF EASY RULES | NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN | BY EVERY WHIST-PLAYER:
| WITH | MAXIMS, | By GENERAL SCOTT. | [short oxford rule] | He diverted himſelf, as uſual, with the converſation of | his friends; and ſometimes, in the evening, with a party, | at his favourite Game of Whiſt. | Dr. Smith's Life of Hume. | [short reverse oxford rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T. COX, ST. THOMAS'S-STREET, |
BOROUGH; | AND H. D. SYMONDS, PATERNOSTER-ROW: | AND SOLD BY MILLAR, BOND-STREET.
| 1792. | {Price One Shilling.} |
| Collation: |
8o: A–B8 [$1–4 signed; signing B3 as B2]; 16 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv [v–vi], [7] 8–31 [32] |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| A1r (i) |
title |
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| A1v (ii) |
blank |
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| A2r–A2v (iii–iv) |
‘[short oxford rule] | PREFACE. | [...]’ |
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| A3r (v) |
‘[short oxford rule] | CONTENTS. | [...]’ |
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| A3v (vi) |
blank |
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| A4r–B4v (7–24) |
‘Let random ſtrokes diſgrace our play no more, | But ſkill preſide, where all was chance before. | [...]’ |
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| B5r–B8r (25–31) |
‘[short oxford rule] | APPENDIX. | THE LAWS OF WHIST. | [...]’ |
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| B8v (32) |
blank |
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| Publisher: |
Thomas Cox, Henry Delahoy Symonds |
| Notices: |
1792-05 The Critical Review: "The merit of this collection must depend on the abilites of the compiler: unfortunately
we have not a single gambler in our corps, to determine on the merit of the work before
us. We applied for assistance at Brookes' but find a work of this kind quite out of
their way." |
| Price: |
1s. (title, notice) |
| Copies Seen: |
Levy [1137]; Levy [1706] |
| Other Copies: |
Beauchene |
| Notes: |
The couplet on A4r(7) is from Alexander Thomson, Whist, A Poem in Twelve Cantos (1791), Canto 1, lines 125-6. |
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