The court gamester. [electronic resource] : In two parts. Part I. Containing, full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue after the best Method; as they are played at Court, and in the Assemblees, viz. Ombre, in all its Branches. Picquet. And, the Royal Game of Chess. Part II. Containing, the knowledge of play, written for Publick Benefit, and the Entertainment of all Fair Players, wherein the Frauds in Play are detected, and the Chances of the Games of Hazard, Pharao, and Basset, are calculated and determined. To which is added, the journal of a gameing lady of quality, a Tale. In a Letter to a Friend. By Dr. Swift.
1732
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The court gamester. [electronic resource] : In two parts. Part I. Containing, full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue after the best Method; as they are played at Court, and in the Assemblees, viz. Ombre, in all its Branches. Picquet. And, the Royal Game of Chess. Part II. Containing, the knowledge of play, written for Publick Benefit, and the Entertainment of all Fair Players, wherein the Frauds in Play are detected, and the Chances of the Games of Hazard, Pharao, and Basset, are calculated and determined. To which is added, the journal of a gameing lady of quality, a Tale. In a Letter to a Friend. By Dr. Swift.
Author
Seymour, Richard, Esq.
Portion of Title
Knowledge of play
Journal of a gameing lady of quality
Journal of a gameing lady of quality
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London : printed, and sold by J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House, near St. Paul's, [1732]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
103,[3];[4],vi,86p. ; 12⁰.
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The preface signed: R. S., i.e. Richard Seymour.
Part II has a separate register, pagination and titlepage: 'The knowledge of play, .. Translated from the Latin original of John Rizzetti, with improvements by Richard Seymour'.
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Price from imprint: price 2 s. 6 d. Bound.
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Part II has a separate register, pagination and titlepage: 'The knowledge of play, .. Translated from the Latin original of John Rizzetti, with improvements by Richard Seymour'.
Braces in imprint.
Price from imprint: price 2 s. 6 d. Bound.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Teerink-Scouten, 672
English Short Title Catalog, T116617.
English Short Title Catalog, T116617.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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