An edition of A short treatise on the game of whist (1742)

A short treatise on the game of whist

containing the laws of the game and also some rules whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them, attain to the playing it well ... with variety of cases added in the appendix

The seventh edition, with great additions to the laws of the game and an explanation of the calculations which are necessary to be understood by those who would play it well, and also, never before published, a dictionary for whist, which resolves almost all the critical cases that may happen at the game, to which is added, An artificial memory, or, An easy method of assisting the memory of those that play at the game of whist, and several cases not hitherto published.

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An edition of A short treatise on the game of whist (1742)

A short treatise on the game of whist

containing the laws of the game and also some rules whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them, attain to the playing it well ... with variety of cases added in the appendix

The seventh edition, with great additions to the laws of the game and an explanation of the calculations which are necessary to be understood by those who would play it well, and also, never before published, a dictionary for whist, which resolves almost all the critical cases that may happen at the game, to which is added, An artificial memory, or, An easy method of assisting the memory of those that play at the game of whist, and several cases not hitherto published.

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Printed for T. Osborne ... J. Hildyard ... M. Bryson ... and J. Leake
Language
English
Pages
80

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Subjects

Backgammon, Early works to 1800, Games, Piquet (Game), Quadrille (Game), Whist

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A short treatise on the game of whist: containing the laws of the game and also some rules whereby a beginner may, with due attention to them, attain to the playing it well ... with variety of cases added in the appendix
1747, Printed for T. Osborne ... J. Hildyard ... M. Bryson ... and J. Leake
in English - The seventh edition, with great additions to the laws of the game and an explanation of the calculations which are necessary to be understood by those who would play it well, and also, never before published, a dictionary for whist, which resolves almost all the critical cases that may happen at the game, to which is added, An artificial memory, or, An easy method of assisting the memory of those that play at the game of whist, and several cases not hitherto published.
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A short treatise on the game of whist: containing the laws of the game, and also some rules ...
1743, For W. Webster

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Signatures: pi1 2pi² B-G⁶ H⁴.
With: Hoyle, Edmond. A short treatise on the game of quadrille. London : Printed for F. Cogan ..., 1744. Hoyle, Edmond. A short treatise on the game of piquet. London : Printed for T. Osborn ... J. Hildyard ... M. Bryson ... and J. Leake, 1746. Hoyle, Edmond. A short treatise on the game of back-gammon. London : Printed for T. Osborn ... J. Hildyard ... M. Bryson ... and J. Leake, 1745. Bound together subsequent to publication.
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Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955.

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GV1277 .H89 1747

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[6], 80 p. ;
Number of pages
80

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OL1452283M
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93104984

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