The polite gamester: containing, short treatises on the games of whist, quadrille, back-gammon, piquet and chess. Together with An artificial memory, or, an easy method of assisting the memory of those that play at the Game of whist. 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 ([8],561223,[1][2],69,[1]43,[1]p. )

Edition:

A new addition [sic], with great additions ..

Other Title:

The polite gamester

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed for G. and A. Ewing, at the Angel and Bible in Dame-Street, M,DCC,LII. [1752]

Notes:

With separate titlepage, pagination and register to each part.

Contains: 'A short treatise on the game of whist', thirteenth edition, 1752; 'An artificial memory', 1751; 'A short treatise on the game of quadrille', 1745; 'A short treatise on the game of back-gammon', 1744; 'A short treatise on the game of piquet', fourth edition, 1752, all published by G. and A. Ewing in Dublin.

With an initial advertisement leaf.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N22882.

OCLC:

642167641