The polite gamester; containing, short treatises on the games of whist, with an artificial memory, quadrille, back-gammon, chess, piquet, billiards and tennis. Together with an essay towards making the doctrine of chances, easy to those who understand Vulgar Arithmetic only. To which are added, some useful tables on annuities for lives, &c. &c. &c. By Edmond Hoyle, Gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Short treatise on the game of whist

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Games--Early works to 1800.

Games.

Genre:

Games.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,247 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 12⁰

Edition:

The tenth edition.

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury, (no. 1) in Skinner-Row, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With separate titlepages to each part; pagination and register continuous.

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 British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T87531.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.