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 |
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| A1v (ii) |
blank |
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| A2r–B8v (iii–32) |
see Scott.5.1 (1799) |
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| 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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