The court gamester. 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
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- The court gamester. 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
- Knowledge of play; 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]
- Publication year
- 1732
- ESTC No.
- T116617
- Grub Street ID
- 168283
- Description
- 103,[3];[4],vi,86p. ; 12°.
- Note
- 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'
Braces in imprint
Price from imprint: price 2 s. 6 d. Bound.
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- D report final adv. leaf to part I