A short treatise on the game of whist. Containing the laws of the game: and also some rules, ... Calculations ... Cases stated, ... References to cases, ... With variety of cases added in the appendix. By Edmond Hoyle, gent.
Hoyle, Edmond,1672-1769.
London : printed for T. Osborne; and sold by W. Reeve,
1755.
"No copies of this book are genuine but what are signed by Edmond Hoyle and Thomas Osborne".
Includes treatises on quadrille, piquet and backgammon.
Text continuous despite pagination.
The treatise on quadrille is of the 2nd. edition, dated 1748, and those on piquet and backgammon are both of the 3rd. edition, dated 1748.
The treatise on whist is a reissue of the sheets of the tenth edition of 1750, with a cancel titlepage dated 1755.
With two final leaves of advertisements.
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