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Home » Shop » Hoyle’s Treatise on Whist
Hoyle's Treatise on Whist 1
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Hoyle’s Treatise on Whist

$10.00

By 1741, Hoyle began to tutor members of high society at the game of whist, selling his students a copy of his manuscript notes.  Hoyle expanded the manuscript and published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist in 1742, selling it for the high price of one guinea.  When the book quickly sold out, rather than publish a new edition, Hoyle sold the rights to Whist to bookseller Francis Cogan for 100 guineas, an enormous sum for a small pamphlet.  Before Cogan was able to publish a second edition, two printers pirated the work, giving the author as “A Gentleman” rather than Hoyle. The printers disguised their identities by publishing under false names, one as Webster,  the other as Webb.  Cogan paid Hoyle two pence per copy to autograph the genuine works. The piracies were profitable to Hoyle, though a disaster for Cogan who was forced to lower the price of the book to match the pirates and to pay for Hoyle’s signature.

This edition is the 86 page pirated copy printed by Webb.

Category: Ladies and Children

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