The memoirs of the lives, Intrigues, and Comical Adventures Of the most Famous gamesters and Celebrated Sharpers In the Reigns of Charles II. James II. William III. and Queen Anne. Wherein is contain'd the secret history of gaming, discovering all the most sharping Tricks and Cheats (us'd by slight of Hand) at Picquet, Gleck, Lanterloo, Bankasalet, Basset, Primero, Cribbidge, Verquere, Tick-Tack, Grand-Tricktrack; and all the English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Italian Games, play'd with Cards, dice, Tables, or otherwise. The whole calculated for the Meridians of London, Bath, Tunbridge, and the Groom-Porters. By Theophilus Lucas, Esq;
- Lucas, Theophilus.
- Date:
- 1714
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Publication/Creation
[London] : Printed for J. Brown without Temple-Bar, J. Hooke at the Flower de Luce in Fleetstreet, W. Hinchcliffe at Drydens-head under the Royal Exchange, & F. Burleigh in Amen-Corner, 1714.
Physical description
[24],285,[3]p.,plate ; 120.
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Edition
The second edition.
References note
ESTC T179519
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.