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Card games - Early works to 1800
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On card-playing. In a letter from Monsieur de Pinto, to Monsieur Diderot. With a translation from the original, and observations by the translator.
Pinto, Isaac de, 1715-1787.Date: 1768- Books
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Hoyle abridged: or short rules for short memories at the game of whist. With the laws of the game, &c. Adapted either for the head or pocket. By Bob Short.
Short, Bob.Date: [1791]- Books
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This present evening, will be performed all the art and dexterity of hand, in its various branches. The so much famed English Hussar, is just arrived from London, and means to display his uncommon deceptions, ...
Date: 1787- Books
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Observations on horse races, cards, attending play houses, and dancing. Humbly addressed to Christians of every denomination. By A. Kilham, Minister of the Gospel.
Kilham, Alexander, 1762-1798.Date: 1793- Books
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The litterary cards, being a new invention to learn to read, and speedily acquire the greatest Knowledge in Calculation without Pains or Trouble. Likewise directions to play all the most usual games on the cards and dice, without either Box or Dice. The whole adorned with historical, geographical, and moral instructions, and embellished with forty-eight heads of illustrious personages, And other ornamental Engravings, curiously done on copper-plates, By the most Eminent Artists. The whole comprehending a great Variety of useful Knowledge, and peculiarly adapted for the Amusement and Instruction of the Youth of both Sexes. Wrote in English and French, by Thomas Foubert.
Foubert, Thomas.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]