The polite gamester: containing, short treatises on the games of whist, with an artificial memory, quadrille, back-gammon, piquet and chess. 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 Edmund Hoyle, gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.

Standardized Title:

Short treatise on the game of whist

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Games--Early works to 1800.

Games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([10],217,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Polite gamester

The polite gamester

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by T. Ewing In Capel-Street, M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]

Notes:

'An artificial memory', 'A short treatise on the game of quadrille', 'A short treatise on the game of back-gammon' (1771), 'A treatise on the game of piquet' (1771), 'Some rules and observations for playing well at chess' and 'An essay towards making the doctrine of chances easy' have separate titlepages; pagination and register are continuous.

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T129141.

OCLC:

642357932