A Descriptive Bibliography of Edmond Hoyle
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Whist.Ru.1
Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, St. Petersburg, first edition in Russian, 1769.
| Title: |
сокращенное описанïе | выбранное изъ сочиненïя | Г. Гоиля | О ИГРѢ НАЗЫВАЕМОЙ | ВИСТЪ | обнародованное въ Англіи | въ 1750 году | Переведенное, съ Аглинскаго языка на | Французской, а съ Французскаго на Рос-|сïйской, |съ прибавленïемъ нѣкоторыхъ ну-| жныхъ примѣчанïй отъ перевод-|чика
на сей языкъ, | включенными въ тѣхъ отдѣленïяхъ, въ ко-|торыхъ
по мнѣнïю его оные надобны; а | при томъ и обстоятельное описанïе са-|мыхъ
начальныхъ правилъ сей игры, | для тѣхъ, кои совсемъ оной не | знаютъ. | [tailpiece] | [rule] | Въ Санктпетербургѣ 1769 года. |
| Collation: |
8o: А8 Б8 В8 Г1 [$1–5 signed]; 25 leaves, pp. [1–3] 4–6 [7] 8–14 [15] 16–50 |
| Contents: |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Contents |
Signature (Page) Reference |
Running Titles |
| А1r (1) |
title |
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| А1v (2) |
blank |
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| А2r–А3v (3–6) |
‘[headpiece] | Изъясненïе словъ чужестранныхъ, упо-|требляемыхъ по привычкѣ въ сей
| игрѣ, [...]’ |
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| А4r–Г1v (7–50) |
‘[headpiece] | ОПИСАНІЕ ПЕРВЫХЪ НАЧАЛЪ ИГРЫ | НАЗЫВАЕМОЙ | ВИСТЪ. | [...]’ |
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| Translator: |
A. M. Saltykov |
| References: |
Rather D |
| Copies Seen: |
DLC [GV1277.H897] |
| Other Copies: |
RUMoLSU; RuMoPIB; RuSpRNB [18.114.4.19] (National Library of Russia) |
| Notes: |
A translation of Wagner.Whist.Fr.1761 with a glossary of terms and an introduction. See Thierry Depaulis, "Hoyle Abroad,
II: Hoyle in French" in The Playing Card, Volume 43, Number 4, page 226.The print run was 300 copies. See Paul Keenan, "Card-playing and Gambling in
Eighteenth-century Russia" in European History Quarterly 42(3) 386-403 (2012). |
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