The polite gamester: containing short treatises on the games of whist, quadrille, back-gammon, piquet and chess. Together with an artificial memory, or an easy method of assisting the memory of those that play ... whist. By Edmund Hoyle, ...

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• The polite gamester: containing short treatises on the games of whist, quadrille, back-gammon, piquet and chess. Together with an artificial memory, or an easy method of assisting the memory of those that play ... whist. By Edmund Hoyle, ...
• Short treatise on the game of whist

People / Organizations

• Edmond Hoyle (Author)

Imprint

Dublin: printed for G. and A. Ewing, 1745 [1751]

Publication year

1751-1751

ESTC No.

N12393

Grub Street ID

2395

Description

[6],66;23,[1];[2],69,[1];[4],68;12p. ; 8⁰

Note

With separate titlepage, pagination and register to each part.

The treatises on backgammon and piquet are dated 1744; that to artificial memory is dated 1751; 'A short treatise on the game of whist' is the 5th edition.