Copyright © 2014-26 by David Levy
(page updated 2018-05-08)
| 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. | THIRD EDITION. | [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]; 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 | |||
| A1v (ii) | blank | |||
| A2r–A2v (iii–iv) | ‘[short oxford rule] | PREFACE. | [...]’ | |||
| A3r (v) | ‘[short oxford rule] | CONTENTS. | [...]’ | |||
| A3v (vi) | blank | |||
| A4r–B4v (7–24) | ‘Let random ſtrokes diſgrace our play no more, | But ſkill preſide, where all was chance before. | [...]’ | |||
| B5r–B8r (25–31) | ‘[short oxford rule] | APPENDIX. | THE LAWS OF WHIST. | [...]’ | |||
| B8v (32) | blank |
| Publisher: | Thomas Cox, Henry Delahoy Symonds |
| Price: | 1s. (title) |
| References: | ESTC T212802 |
| Copies Seen: | E [5.1236(10)] |
| Notes: | A near line-for-line resetting of Scott.1 with different line-breaks on B1r(17) lines 12-3, B4v(24) line 2, and B5r(25) lines 1-4. |