A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Whist.D.Wilson.1.1

A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, printed for Peter Wilson, first Wilson edition, first issue, “fifth” edition, 1752.

	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 Point 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 Edmund Hoyle, Gent. \| [rule] \| THE FIFTH EDITION. \| With great Additions to the Laws of the Game, and an Ex-\|planation of the Calculations which are neceſſary to be \| underſtood by thoſe who would play it well, &c. &c. \| [rule] \| DUBLIN: \| Printed for Peter Wilson, in Dame-ſtreet, \| M,DCC,LII.
	Collation:	12o: A2 B–D6 E1, 2A4 [$½ signed]; 25 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–38, 2[1–3] 4–8

Section Title Memory

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AN | Artificial Memory. | OR, AN | EASY METHOD | OF | Aſſiſting the Memory of thoſe | that play at the Game of Whist. | To which are added, | Several Cases not hitherto publiſh'd. | [rule] | By Edmund Hoyle, Gent. | [double rule] | DUBLIN: | Printed for Peter Wilson, in Dame-Street, | M,DCC,LII.

Contents:	Signature (Page) Reference	Contents	Signature (Page) Reference	Running Titles
	A1r	title
	A1v	blank
	A2r–A2v	‘[double rule] \| The \| CONTENTS. \| [...]’	A2v	‘The CONTENTS.’
	B1r–E1v (1–38)	‘[double rule] \| A SHORT \| TREATISE \| On the Game of \| WHIST. \| [...]’
	2A1r (21)	section title memory
	2A1v (22)	blank
	2A2r–A4v (23–8)	‘[double rule] \| AN \| Artificial Memory. \| OR, \| An eaſy Method of aſſiſting the Memory of thoſe \| that play at the Game of WHIST. \| [...]’

Publisher:	Peter Wilson
Notices:	1752-02-17 Dublin Edsall News Letter: “This day is published, by Peter Wilson, opposite the old Horse Guard, in Dame-Street, [Price a British Shilling,] The Polite Gamester: containing short treatises on the games of whist quadrille, back-gammon, piquet and chess; together with an artificial memory; or, an easy method of assisting the memory of those that play at the game of whist; By Edmund Hoyle, Gent.--Note, his treatise on the game of whist with his artificial memory, may be had stitched together. Price 4d.”
Price:	4d. (advertisement)
Copies Seen in Collections:	Copisarow (see Wilson.A); Levy [1770] (see Wilson.A)
Notes:	This is the first of two issues of Wilson's Whist. Whist.D.Wilson.1.2 is distinguished by the inserted F gathering. From the advertisement it appears that the two treatises, Whist and Memory were sold as a single volume. No copies of the first issue survive, except as included in Wilson.A.