A short treatise on the game of whist. : Containing the laws of the game: and also some rules whereby a Beginner may, with due Attention to them, attain to the Playing it well. Calculations for those who will bet the odds on any Point of the Score of the Game then playing and depending. Cases stated, to shew what may be effected by a very good Player in Critical Parts of the Game. References to Cases, viz. at the End of the Rule you are directed how to find them. Calculations, directing with moral Certainty, how to play well any Hand or Game, by shewing the Chances of your Partner's having 1, 2, or 3 Certain Cards. With variety of cases added in the appendix. By Edmond Hoyle, gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whist.

Backgammon.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages,96 pages ; 12⁰

Edition:

The third edition. With great additions ..

Place of Publication:

London : printed for F. Cogan at the Middle Temple-Gate, MDCCXLIII. [1743]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

"Authoriz'd as revis'd and corrected under his [E. Hoyle's] own hand".

With a preliminary leaf "Tothe reader".

Price from imprint: price Two Shillings.

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, T87540.

Access Restriction:

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