A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle

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Whist.D.Wilson.2

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

Collation: 12o: A2 B–D6 E1 F4, 2A4 [$½ signed; signing F1 as F2, F2 as F3]; 29 leaves, pp. [4 ] [1] 2–45 [46], 2[1–3] 4–8
Contents: Signature (Page) Reference Contents Signature (Page) Reference Running Titles
A1r–A2v see Whist.D.Wilson.1 A2v see Whist.D.Wilson.1
B1r–E1v (1–38) see Whist.D.Wilson.1
F1r–F4v (39–46) ‘CHAP. XV. | Additional Cases at Whist, never publiſhed | till 1748. | [...] CHAP. XVI. | A DICTIONARY for Whist, which reſolves | almoſt all the Critical Casſes that may happen at | that Game, by way of Queſtion and Anſwer. | [...]’
2A1r–A4v (21–8) see Whist.D.Wilson.1
Publisher: Peter Wilson
Advertisements: 1752-02-25 Dublin Gazette: “This day is published, by Peter Wilson, opposite the old Horse Guard, in Dame-Street, with two additional chapters to the game of whist, (not in any former edition;) containing a dictionary of Whist, which resolves almost all the critical cases that may happen in the game, and thirteen new cases, now first published, [price a British shilling.] The Polite Gamester...Note, the treatise on Whist, with the two additional chapters and artifical memory, may be had separately, price 4d. ☞Be careful to ask for Wilson's edition of the Polite Gamester.”
Price: 4d. (advertisement)
References: ESTC T164119 (Memory only)
Copies Seen: O [Jessel e.642] (ECCO)
Copies Seen in Collections: O [Jessel f.573] (see Polite.Wilson); CSmH [356641] (see Polite.Wilson); NvLN [GV1241.H86 1752] (see Polite.Wilson); OCl [789.87H F52D] (see Polite.Wilson); Levy [1791] (see Polite.Wilson)
Other Copies in Collections: Gsu [Special Coll. Anderson] (see Polite.Wilson)
Notes: This is the second issue of the Wilson's Whist, distingusihed from Whist.D.Wilson.1 by the inserted F gathering. From the advertisement it appears that the two treatises, Whist and Memory were sold only as a single volume. The only surviving copy not part of The Polite Gamester is at the Bodleian Library and contains both works, although the ECCO surrogate and the ESTC listing are of Memory only.

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