Accession number
PML 79486
Creator
Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.
Published
London : Printed for T. Osborne, at Gray's-Inn., 1750.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Notes
"No copies of this book are genuine but what are signed by Edmond Hoyle and Thomas Osborne".
Contains also A short treatise on the game of quadrille, 2d ed. (1748); A short treatise on the game of piquet, 3d ed. (1748); A short treatise on the game of back-gammon, 3d ed. (1748). These have separate title-pages, but continuous paging.
Ink signatures following "To the reader": "Edmond Hoyle" "Tho Osborne".
Three pages of advertisements at end.
Contains also A short treatise on the game of quadrille, 2d ed. (1748); A short treatise on the game of piquet, 3d ed. (1748); A short treatise on the game of back-gammon, 3d ed. (1748). These have separate title-pages, but continuous paging.
Ink signatures following "To the reader": "Edmond Hoyle" "Tho Osborne".
Three pages of advertisements at end.
Description
[2], 84, [3] 100-224, [16] p. ; 17 cm
Provenance
Signature on front board" Wad: Locke; Norton Townshend Horr; Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Quarter calf and marbled boards.
Classification
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Department