A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Scott.5.2

The Rules of Whist, printed for Cox, "fifth" edition, second issue, 1810.

Title: THE RULES OF WHIST. | [short reverse oxford rule] | BEING | A COMPENDIUM | OF | EASY RULES, | NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN BY | EVERY WHIST PLAYER: | WITH | MAXIMS, | BY GENERAL SCOTT. | [short rule | SIXTH 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 COX, ST. THOMAS'S STREET, BOROUGH. | AND GALE AND CURTIS, PATERNOSTER ROW. | 1810. | [short rule] | {Price One Shilling.}
Collation: 8o: A8(±A1) 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–B8v (iii–32) see Scott.5.1 (1799)
Publisher: D. Cox, Gale and Curtis
Price: 1s. (title)
References: Jessel 1484
Copies Seen: O [Jessel f.1089]
Other Copies: MBAt [C64]
Notes: On A1v and B12v there is a stamped (not letterpress) colophon "T. Plummer, Seeting-Lane, London." It seems likely that Plummer printed only the cancel title.

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