Mr. Hoyle's treatises of whist, quadrille, piquet, chess, and back-gammon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.

Standardized Title:

Short treatise on the game of whist

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Backgammon--Early works to 1800.

Backgammon.

Games--Early works to 1800.

Games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],84,[3],100-224,[16]p. )

Place of Publication:

[London : printed for T. Osborne, 1748]

Notes:

Each treatise has a separate titlepage: 'A short treatise on the game of whist .. The eighth edition', 'A short treatise on the game of quadrille .. The second edition', 'A short treatise on the game of piquet .. To which are added, some rules and observations for .. chess. The third edition' and 'A short treatise on the game of back-gammon. The third edition'. All are dated 1748.

The collective titlepage has no imprint: imprint taken from the individual titlepages.

Text continuous despite pagination.

With an index.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Jessel. F. A bibliography of works in English on playing cards and gaming., 800

English Short Title Catalog, T79890.

OCLC:

642702280