The compleat gamester
Subtitle: in three parts ... : written for the use of the young princesses
By: by Richard Seymour, Esq.
Contributors: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: The fifth edition.
Publisher: Printed for E. Curll ... and J. Wilford ...
Published: 1734
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Games -- Rules -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Signatures: [A]⁶(-[A]1) B-F¹² G⁶, ²B-D¹² E¹²(E12 blank?; wanting in LC copy).
Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955.
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) I. Full and easy instructions for playing the games chiefly used at court and in the assembleés, viz. ombre, quadrille, quintille, picquet, basset, faro, and the royal game of chess; title: II. The true manner of playing the most usual games at cards, viz. whist, all-fours, cribbidge, put, lue, brag, &c., with several diverting tricks upon the cards; title: III. Rules for playing at all the games both within and without the tables, likewise at English and French billiards, also the laws of each game annexed to prevent disputes.