A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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The Rules of Whist, printed by Matthew Carbery, “fourth” edition, 1796.
| Title: |
THE RULES OF WHIST. | [short rule] | BEING | A COMPENDIUM | OF | EASY RULES, | NECESSARY
TO BE KNOWN BY | EVERY WHIST PLAYER: | WITH | MAXIMS, | By GENERAL SCOTT, | FOURTH EDITION. | [short reverse oxford rule] | He diverted himſelf, as uſual, with the con-|verſation of his friends; and ſometimes, | in the evening, with a party, at his fa-|vourite Game of WHIST. | Dr. Smith's Life of Hume. | [short reverse oxford rule] | BARBADOS. | Printed by MATTHEW CARBERY, | and sold by him at his office, | in Bull-Head-Alley, Bridge-Town. | M,DCC,LXLVI. | [short rule] | PRICE 6s. 3d. |
| Collation: |
8o: [A–C]4 [D]2 [unsigned]; 14 leaves, pp. [1–4] 5 [6] [2 ] [7] 8–26 [misprinting 5 as 6] |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
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| A1r (1) |
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| A1v–A2r (2–3) |
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| A2v–A3r (4–5) |
‘To | THE LADIES. | [...]’ |
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| A3v (6) |
‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ |
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| A4r |
‘[arrangement of type ornaments] | Let random ſtrokes diſgrace our | play no more, | But ſkill preſide, where all was | chance before. | [arrangement of type ornaments]’ |
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| A4v |
blank |
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| B1r–C4r (7–21) |
text |
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| C4r–D2v (21–26) |
‘[...] | THE LAWS OF WHIST. | [...]’ |
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