An introduction to the game of draughts. Containing fifty select games, together with many critical situations for drawn games, ... By William Payne, teacher of the mathematics

People / Organizations

• William Payne teacher of mathematics (Author)
• the Golden ("printed for")
• William Owen ("sold by")

Imprint

London : printed for the author at the Golden Ball in Bedford-sttreet [sic], Covent-Garden: and sold by T. Payne; J. Marks; J. Jackson; W. Shropshire; W. Owen; J. Payne; and J. Brotherton, 1756 [ca. 1788?].

Publication year

1756-1788

ESTC No.

N68325

Grub Street ID

49751

Description

[8],67,[1]p. : ill. ; 8°.

Note

A piracy, noted by James Boswell in a deleted passage of a MS. of his "Life of Samuel Johnson" written before ca. 1788-9. Cf. J.D. Fleeman, "Bibliography of the works of Samuel Johnson", vol. 1, p. 659

Quires A and H-K have wove paper in the CSmH copy.

Uncontrolled note

WARNING: in this edition some gatherings are of wove paper, implying a date after 1800 (1805?). Type also suspect as after 1800. A. T. Hazen in his S?amuel Johnsons? prefaces and dedications,? pp. 149-150, concurs.. ESTC/NA asked (Sept. 9?8) to delete this record after confirming wove paper in its copies, as record would then be out of scope