The polite gamester: containing short treatises on the games of whist, with an artificial memory, quadrille, backgammon, piquet and chess. Together with an essay towards making the doctrine of chances easy to those who understand vulgar arithmetick 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 ([2][4],561223,[1]47,[1]34,[2]58p. )

Other Title:

Polite gamester

The polite gamester

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed for George and Alexander Ewing, M,DCC,LXI. [1761]

Notes:

In six parts, each with separate titlepage (except for piquet), pagination and register, and are respectively dated (apart from piquet) 1762, 1762, 1754, 1753 and 1761.

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T128493.

OCLC:

642356361