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Title: | HOYLE's GAMES | IMPROVED; | CONTAINING | [10 lines to left of rule] Whist, | Piquet, | Quadrille, | Lansquenet, | Pharo, | Rouge-et-Noir, | Cribbage, | Matrimony, | Cassino, | Put, | [10 lines to right of rule] All Fours, | Speculation, | Draughts, | Hazard, | Billiards, | Brag, | Cricket, | Tennis, | Back Gammon, | & Chess. | [short oxford rule] | TO THE ABOVE ARE ADDED ALL THE MODERN IMPROVE-|MENTS, AND RULES ADMITTED BY THE | FIRST PLAYERS. | [short reverse oxford rule] | New=York: | PRINTED BY G. & R. WAITE, | No. 54, Maiden-Lane. | 1816. |
| Collation: | 8o: [A]4 B–T4 [U]4 V4 W4 X–2B4 2C–F8 [$1 signed]; 140 leaves, pp. [i–iii] iv–viii, [1] 2–83 [84] 85–98 [99] 100 [101] 102–121 [122] 123 [124] 125–130 [131] 132–134 [135] 136–144 [145] 146 [147] 148–150 [151] 152 [153] 154–155 [156–157] 158–164 [165] 166–168 [169] 170–184 [185] 186–193 [194] 195–200 [201] 202–203 [204] 205–208 [209] 210–235 [236–237] 238–272 |
| Contents: | Signature (Page) Reference | Contents | Signature (Page) Reference | Running Titles |
| A1r (i) | title | |||
| A1v (ii) | blank | |||
| A2r–A4v (iii–viii) | ‘Table of Contents. | [...]’ | |||
| B1r–F4v (1–40) | ‘[type orn] | WHIST, | [...]’ | B1v–M2r (2–83) | ‘WHIST.’ | |
| G1r–H3v (41–54) | ‘Mr. PAYNE'S MAXIMS | FOR WHIST | [...]’ | |||
| H4r–M2r (55–83) | ‘Mr. MATTHEWS' ADVICE TO | WHIST PLAYERS, | [...]’ | |||
| M2v–O1v (84–98) | ‘PIQUET. | [...]’ | M3r–O1v (85–98) | ‘PIQUET.’ | |
| O2r–O2v (99–100) | ‘VINGT-UN. | [...]’ | O2v (100) | ‘VINGT-UN.’ | |
| O3r–R1r (101–121) | ‘QUADRILLE. | [...]’ | O3v–R1r (102–121) | ‘QUADRILLE.’ | |
| R1v–R2r (122–123) | ‘LANSQUENET. | [...]’ | R2r (123) | ‘LANSQUENET.’ | |
| R2v–S1v (124–130) | ‘PHARO. | [...]’ | R3r–S1v (125–130) | ‘PHARO.’ | |
| S2r–S3v (131–134) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR. | [...]’ | S2v–S3v (132–134) | ‘ROUGE ET NOIR.’ | |
| S4r–T4v (135–144) | ‘CRIBBAGE. | [...]’ | S4v–T4v (136–144) | ‘CRIBBAGE.’ | |
| U1r–U1v (145–146) | ‘MATRIMONY. | [...]’ | U1v (146) | ‘MATRIMONY.’ | |
| U2r–U3v (147–150) | ‘CASSINO. | [...]’ | U2v–U3v (148–150) | ‘CASSINO.’ | |
| U4r–U4v (151–152) | ‘PUT. | [...]’ | U4v (152) | ‘PUT.’ | |
| V1r–V2r (153–155) | ‘ALL FOURS. | [...]’ | V1v–V2r (154–155) | ‘ALL FOURS.’ | |
| V2v (156) | ‘SPECULATION. | [...]’ | |||
| V3r–W2v (157–164) | ‘DRAUGHTS. | [...]’ | V3v–W2v (158–164) | ‘DRAUGHTS.’ | |
| W3r–W4v (165–168) | ‘HAZARD. | [...]’ | W3v–W4v (166–168) | ‘HAZARD.’ | |
| X1r–2A1r (169–193) | ‘BILLIARDS. | [...]’ | X1v–2A1r (170–193) | ‘BILLIARDS.’ | |
| 2A1v–2A4v (194–200) | ‘BRAG. | [...]’ | 2A2r–2A4v (195–200) | ‘BRAG.’ | |
| 2B1r–2B2r (201–203) | ‘THE LAWS OF | CRICKET. | [...]’ | 2B1v–2B2r (202–203) | ‘CRICKET.’ | |
| 2B2v–2B4v (204–208) | ‘TENNIS. | [...]’ | 2B3r–2B4v (205–208) | ‘TENNIS.’ | |
| 2C1r–2D6r (209–235) | ‘BACK-GAMMON. | [...]’ | 2C1v–2D6r (210–235) | ‘BACK-GAMMON.’ | |
| 2D6v–2F8v (236–272) | ‘[...] | CHESS, | [...]’ | 2D7r–2F8v (237–272) | ‘CHESS.’ |
| Plates: | on V3r(157) woodblock: draught table on Z1r(185) woodblock: plan of fortification billiards on 2C1r(209) woodblock: backgammon board showing starting position on 2D6v(236) woodblock: chess men and chess board |
| Publisher: | George and Robert Waite |
| Printer: | George and Robert Waite |
| Advertisements: | 1816-11-02 National Advocate (New York): "Just published, by G & R Waite, 54 Maiden-lane, (handsomely bound in morocco) price 1 dol. 50 cts. a new pocket edition of Hoyle's Games. This edition is printed from the late London editions, and contains more than any one yet published. To the game of whist is added Mr. Mathews' advice to whist players, which is said now to supersede the maxims of Hoyle; in billiards the game of fortification is introduced; cricket and other games of exercise are added, as they are now becoming fashionable in this country. The work is concluded with Franklin's morals of chess, and the tale of the Persian gamesters." |
| Price: | $1.50 (advertisement) |
| References: | Rather 98 (with an incorrect date of 1810) |
| Copies Seen: | MWA [DB]; Levy [1533] |
| Other Copies: | CtY-BR [2006 473]; MChB [GV1243.H88 1816] |