The knowledge of play, written for public benefit, and the entertainment of all fair players
Subtitle: wherein I. it is demonstrated that fortune has not that power in play which is commonly ascribed to her, II. the chances if the games of hazard, pharao, and basset are calculated and determined proving that in games of judgment skill will always get the better of chance, III. by detecting the frauds on play that eagerness for gameing might be suppressed to the preservation of estates and the advancement of the sciences
By: translated from the Latin original of John Rizzetti with improvements by Richard Seymour, Esq., author of The Court-gamester, and designed as a second part of that work.
Contributors: Seymour, Richard, Esq.; Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.; Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for E. Curll ...
Published: 1729
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Gambling -- Early works to 1800.; Games of chance (Mathematics) -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Translation of: Ludorum scientia publico beneficio illustrata.
Signatures: A², B-H⁶, I⁴.
Page 69 misnumbered 96.
"Some observations upon pharao and basset. by the translator": p. 62-70.
"The journal of a gameing lady of quality; a tale, in a letter to a friend. By Messieurs Swift and Pope": p. 73-86.