The court gamester : or, full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue, after the best method; as they are play'd at court, and in the Assemblies, viz. Ombre, Picquet, And The Royal Game of Chess. Wherein The Frauds in Play are detected, and the Laws of each Game annex'd, to prevent Disputes. Written for the Use of the Young Princess. By Richard Seymour, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seymour, Richard, Esq.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chess--Early works to 1800.

Chess.

Ombre (Game)--Early works to 1800.

Ombre (Game).

Piquet (Game)--Early works to 1800.

Piquet (Game).

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,ix pages, 1 unnumbered page,106 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for E. Curll in Fleet-Street, M.DCC.XIX. [1719] [1718]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a final advertisement leaf.

Imprint date from R. Straus, 'The unspeakable Curll', p. 252.

Price from imprint: price 1 s. 6d. Stitch'd, 2s. Bound.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N2071.

Access Restriction:

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