The compleat gamester [electronic resource] : or, full and easy instructions for playing at all manner of usual, and most genteel games, after the best method. Viz. I. Ombre, piquet, with a song on the same; lanterloo, whist, and a great variety of other games on the cards. II. The famous game of verquere, tick-tack, Irish, back-gammon. III. Inn and inn, passage, hazard, the royal game at chess, and billiards. To which is added. The gentleman's diversion, in riding, racing, archery, cock-fighting, and bowling. All regulated by the most experienced masters .
1721
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The compleat gamester [electronic resource] : or, full and easy instructions for playing at all manner of usual, and most genteel games, after the best method. Viz. I. Ombre, piquet, with a song on the same; lanterloo, whist, and a great variety of other games on the cards. II. The famous game of verquere, tick-tack, Irish, back-gammon. III. Inn and inn, passage, hazard, the royal game at chess, and billiards. To which is added. The gentleman's diversion, in riding, racing, archery, cock-fighting, and bowling. All regulated by the most experienced masters .
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London : printed for J. Wilford, at the Three Flower de Luces in Little Britain, MDCCXXI. [1721]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[10],104;44p.,plate ; 8⁰.
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Anonymous. By Charles Cotton.
A reissue of 'Games most in use', [1713], with the following added: an initial leaf, headed on the verso 'The explanation of the frontispiece'; plate; cancel title page; and 'The gentleman's diversion' with separate pagination and register.
Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
A reissue of 'Games most in use', [1713], with the following added: an initial leaf, headed on the verso 'The explanation of the frontispiece'; plate; cancel title page; and 'The gentleman's diversion' with separate pagination and register.
Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T64306.
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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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