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Title: | A COMPENDIUM | OF | EASY RULES OF WHIST, | WITH | MAXIMS, | AND | THE LAWS OF THE GAME, | DEDICATED | TO THE | DUKE OF WELLINGTON, | BY | GENERAL SCOTT. | [short 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 rule] | Tenth Edition. | [short rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR D. COX, BALL ALLEY, LOMBARD-|STREET. | [short rule] | 1814. |
| Collation: | 8o: [A]8 B8 C4 [$¼ signed]; 20 leaves, pp. [i–v] vi [vii–viii], [9] 10–40 |
| Half Title: | [double rule] | EASY RULES OF WHIST, | &c. &c. | [double rule] |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | half title | |||
| A1v (ii) | blank | |||
| A2r (iii) | title | |||
| A2v (iv) | ‘[short rule] | J. McCreery, Printer, Black-Horse Court, | London.’ | |||
| A3r–A3v (v–vi) | ‘TO THE | DUKE OF WELLINGTON. | [...]’ | |||
| A4r (vii) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | |||
| A4v (viii) | blank | |||
| A5r–B6v (9–28) | text | |||
| B6v–C3r (28–37) | ‘[...] | THE LAWS OF WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| C3v–C4v (38–40) | ‘ORIGIN AND DESIGN | OF | CARD-PLAYING. | [...] | [colophon]’ |
| Plates: | Frontispiece engraving: Portrait of the author |
| Press Figures: | A5v(i):4; B6r(i):8; B6v(o):4 |
| Publisher: | D. Cox |
| Printer: | John McCreery (colophon) |
| Advertisements: | 1815-02-03 The Times: "Just published, price 2s. 6d. illustrated with a portrait of the General." |
| Price: | 2s.6d. (advertisement) |
| References: | Jessel 1485 |
| Colophon: | ‘J. McCreery, Printer, Black-Horse Court, | London.’ |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel e.1050]; TNJ [GV1277.S4]; Levy [1707] (lacking frontispiece) |
| Other Copies: | L [D-7915.bb.11] (destroyed); NvLN [GV1277.S36 1814]; OC [795.1 S42] |