A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Whist.7.P
A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for T. Osborne, piracy of seventh edition, “tenth” edition, 1750.
| Title: |
A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | WHIST. | CONTAINING | The LAWS
of the Game: | AND ALSO | Some Rules, whereby a Beginner may, with due Attention | to them, attain to the
Playing it well. | Calculations for thoſe who will bet the Odds on any | Points of the Score of the
Game then playing and depending. | Cases ſtated, to ſhew what may be effected by a very good | Player in
critical Parts of the Game. | References to Cases, viz. at the End of the Rule, you | are directed how to find them. | Calculations directing with moral Certainty, how to play | well any Hand, or Game,
by ſhewing the Chances of your | Partner's having 1, 2, or 3 certain Cards.
| With Variety of Caſes added in the Appendix. | [rule] | By Edmond Hoyle, Gent. | [rule] | The Tenth Edition, with great Additions. | The Laws of the Game, and an Explanation of the Calcula-|tions which
are neceſſary to be underſtood by thoſe who | would play it well. | AND ALSO
| A Dictionary for Whist, which reſolves almoſt all the | critical Caſes that may
happen at the Game. | To which is added, | An ARTIFICIAL MEMORY: | Or, an eaſy Method of
aſſiſting the Memory of thoſe that play | at the Game of Whist. | And ſeveral Cases, not hitherto publiſhed. | To this Edition are alſo added, | A whole
Chapter of Thirteen new Cases never | publiſhed before. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for T. Osborne, at Gray's-Inn, 1750. |
| Collation: |
8o: π2(π2+1) A–L4 M1 [$1 signed]; 48 leaves, pp. [6 ] [1] 2–90 |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
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‘THE | CONTENTS | [...]’ |
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‘The CONTENTS.’ |
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‘[double rule] | A SHORT | TREATISE | On the GAME of | WHIST. |
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‘A ſhort Treatise on | the Game of Whist.’ |
| References: |
ESTC T224799 |
| Copies Seen: |
L [RB.23.a.8729] (ECCO) |
| Notes: |
This book, surviving in a single copy, is almost certainly a piracy. It is an octavo
in fours while all of the genuine Osborne editions are duodecimos. It lacks the Advertisement
and To the Reader cautioning agaist piracy. It is not autographed by Hoyle, nor by
Osborne, as were the contemporary authorized editions. There are no ornaments in the
book which would faciliate identification of the printer. |
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