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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. | FIFTH 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 Robinson, Paternoſter-Row; and Cox, St. | Thomas's-ſtreet, Borough. | 1799. | [short rule] | {Price One Shilling.} |
| Collation: | 8o: A–B8 [$1–4 signed]; 16 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv [v–vi], [7] 8–32 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | title | |||
| A1v (ii) | blank | |||
| A2r–A2v (iii–iv) | ‘TO | THE LADIES. | [...]’ | |||
| A3r (v) | ‘CONTENTS. | [...]’ | |||
| A3v (vi) | ‘[short oxford rule] | Let random ſtrokes diſgrace our play no more, | But ſkill preſide, where all was chance before. | [short reverse oxford rule]’ | |||
| A4r–B5r (7–25) | text | |||
| B5r–B8v (25–32) | ‘[...] | THE LAWS OF WHIST. | [...]’ |
| Press Figures: | A5v(i):4; B6r(i):8; B6v(o):4 |
| Publisher: | ? Robinson, Thomas Cox |
| Price: | 1s. (title) |
| References: | ESTC T211008 |
| Copies Seen: | O [Jessel f.1088] (ECCO) |