A short treatise on the game of piquet. Directing with Moral Certainty how to Discard any Hand to Advantage, by shewing the Chances of taking in any one, two, three, four, or five certain Cards. Computations for those who bet their money at the game. Also the Laws of the Game. To which are added, some rules and observations for playing well at chess. By Edmund Hoyle, gent.

People / Organizations

• Edmond Hoyle (Author)
• Francis Cogan ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for F. Cogan at the Middle-Temple-Gate, [1744]

Publication year

1744-1744

ESTC No.

T48220

Grub Street ID

276150

Description

[4],79,[1]p. ; 12⁰

Note

Price from imprint: Price Two Shilling and Six Pence.

Uncontrolled note

O report [6]p. preliminaries, with 'To the reader', signed by E. Hoyle, being pasted to the leaf preceding the tp