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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. The second edition. By Edmond Hoyle, Gent.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Backgammon.
Piquet (Game)--Early works to 1800.
Piquet (Game).
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([4],68p. )
Other Title:
Short treatise on the game of piquet.
Place of Publication:
London : printed for T. Osborne, at Gray's Inn; J. Hildyard, at York, M. Bryson, at Newcastle; and J. Leake, at Bath, MDCCXLVI. [1746]
Notes:
Price from imprint: price One Shilling.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T87517.
OCLC:
642720297

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