MARC Record from University of Toronto

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090 9 $aESTC reel 8591, no. 09$bMICR$fmfm
100 1 $aHoyle, Edmond,$d1672-1769.
245 02 $aA short treatise on the game of whist$h[microform].$bContaining the laws of the game: and also some rules, ... Calculations ... Cases stated, ... References to cases, ... With variety of cases added in the appendix. By Edmond Hoyle, gent.
250 $aThe tenth edition, with great additions. The laws of the game, .. And also, a dictionary for whist, .. To which is added an artificial memory: ..
260 $aLondon :$bprinted for T. Osborne; and sold by W. Reeve,$c1755.
300 $a[2],84;[3],100-224,[16]p. ;$c12°.
500 $a"No copies of this book are genuine but what are signed by Edmond Hoyle and Thomas Osborne".
500 $aThe treatise on quadrille is of the 2nd. edition, dated 1748, and those on piquet and backgammon are both of the 3rd. edition, dated 1748.
500 $aText continuous despite pagination.
500 $aWith two final leaves of advertisements.
500 $aThe treatise on whist is a reissue of the sheets of the tenth edition of 1750, with a cancel titlepage dated 1755.
500 $aIncludes treatises on quadrille, piquet and backgammon.
510 $aJessel. F. A bibliography of works in English on playing cards and gaming. 802
533 $aMicrofilm.$bWoodbridge, CT$cResearch Publications, Inc.,$d1986.$e1 reel ; 35mm.$f(The Eighteenth Century ; reel 8591, no.09).
948 $a04/13/2001$b04/13/2001
949 $aESTC reel 8591, no. 09$wLC$c1$i34444023368301$lMICROTEXT$mMEDIA_COMM$rN$sY$tMICROFORM$u27/4/2001