The academy of play; 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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M,DCC,LXIX. [1769]