The polite gamester; containing, short treatises on the games of whist, with an artificial memory, quadrille, back-gammon, chess, piquet, billiards and tennis. Together with an essay towards making the doctrine of chances, easy to those who understand Vulgar Arithmetic only. To which are added, some useful tables on annuities for lives, &c. &c. &c. By Edmond Hoyle, Gent.
- Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.
- Date:
- M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]
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Also known as
Short treatise on the game of whist
Publication/Creation
Dublin : printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury, (no. 1) in Skinner-Row, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]
Physical description
[2],247,[3]p. ; 120.
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Edition
The tenth edition.
References note
ESTC T87531
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.