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.
- Seymour, Richard, Esq.
- Date:
- [1732]
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Also known as
Knowledge of play
Journal of a gameing lady of quality
Publication/Creation
London : printed, and sold by J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House, near St. Paul's, [1732]
Physical description
103,[3];[4],vi,86p. ; 120.
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References note
ESTC T116617
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