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| 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 | Running Titles |
| A1r (1) | title | |||
| A1v–A2r (2–3) | blank | |||
| A2v–A3r (4–5) | ‘To | THE LADIES. | [...]’ | |||
| A3v (6) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | |||
| 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]’ | |||
| A4v | blank | |||
| B1r–C4r (7–21) | text | |||
| C4r–D2v (21–26) | ‘[...] | THE LAWS OF WHIST. | [...]’ |
| Publisher: | Matthew Carbery |
| Printer: | Matthew Carbery (title) |
| Price: | 6s.3d. (title) |
| References: | ESTC N63966 |
| Copies Seen: | PPL [Am 1796 Scott 65834.D] (Library Company of Philadelphia) |