The compleat gamester : or, full and easy instructions for playing at all manner of usual, and most genteel games, after the best method. Viz. I. Ombre, piquet, with a song on the same; lanterloo, whist, and a great variety of other games on the cards. II. The famous game of verquere, tick-tack, Irish, back-gammon. III. Inn and inn, passage, hazard, the royal game at chess, and billiards. To which is added. The gentleman's diversion, in riding, racing, archery, cock-fighting, and bowling. All regulated by the most experienced masters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Games.

Genre:

Games.

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages,104;44 pages,plate ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Wilford, at the Three Flower de Luces in Little Britain, MDCCXXI. [1721]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Anonymous. By Charles Cotton.

A reissue of 'Games most in use', [1713], with the following added: an initial leaf, headed on the verso 'The explanation of the frontispiece'; plate; cancel title page; and 'The gentleman's diversion' with separate pagination and register.

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 Huntington Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T64306.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.