The polite gamester; containing, short treatises on the games of whist, with an artificial memory, quadrille, back-gammon, chess, piquet, billiards and tennis. 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 Edmond 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 ([2],247,[3]p. )

Edition:

The tenth edition.

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury, (no. 1) in Skinner-Row, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]

Notes:

With separate titlepages to each part; pagination and register continuous.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T87531.

OCLC:

642720314