The academy of play [electronic resource] : containing a full description of, and the laws of play, now observed in the several academies of Paris, relative to the following games, viz. Picquet, Quadrille, Ombre, Quintille, Piquemdrill, Imperial, The Reverse, Papillon, L'Ambigu, Commerce, Tontine, Lottery, Ma Commere, La Mariée, Triomphe, The Beast, La Mouche, Man D'Auvergne, The Farm, The Game of Hoc, L'Emprunt, Le Poque, Romestecq, Sizette, Guinguette, Le Sixte, Vingt-Quatre, La Belle, Gillet, Cul-Bas, The Cuckoo, Brusquembille, The comet. From the French of the Abbé Bellecour.
1769
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The academy of play [electronic resource] : containing a full description of, and the laws of play, now observed in the several academies of Paris, relative to the following games, viz. Picquet, Quadrille, Ombre, Quintille, Piquemdrill, Imperial, The Reverse, Papillon, L'Ambigu, Commerce, Tontine, Lottery, Ma Commere, La Mariée, Triomphe, The Beast, La Mouche, Man D'Auvergne, The Farm, The Game of Hoc, L'Emprunt, Le Poque, Romestecq, Sizette, Guinguette, Le Sixte, Vingt-Quatre, La Belle, Gillet, Cul-Bas, The Cuckoo, Brusquembille, The comet. From the French of the Abbé Bellecour.
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Academie universelle des jeux. English
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Dublin : printed by James Potts, Bookseller, at Swift's-Head, in Dame-Street, M,DCC,LXIX. [1769]
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Ireland -- Dublin.
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English
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[8],280p. : ill ; 12⁰.
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T99660.
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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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