Mr. Hoyle's treatises of whist, quadrille, piquet, chess, and back-gammon [electronic resource].
- Uniform Title
- Short treatise on the game of whist
- Imprint
- [London : printed for T. Osborne, 1748]
- Physical description
- [4], 84, [3], 100-224, [16]p. ; 12⁰.
- Series
- Eighteenth century collections online.
Online
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769.
Subjects
- Subjects
- Backgammon > Early works to 1800.
- Games > Early works to 1800.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 1748
- Note
- Each treatise has a separate titlepage: 'A short treatise on the game of whist .. The eighth edition', 'A short treatise on the game of quadrille .. The second edition', 'A short treatise on the game of piquet .. To which are added, some rules and observations for .. chess. The third edition' and 'A short treatise on the game of back-gammon. The third edition'. All are dated 1748.
- The collective titlepage has no imprint: imprint taken from the individual titlepages.
- Text continuous despite pagination.
- With an index.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Referenced in
- Jessel. F. A bibliography of works in English on playing cards and gaming., 800
- English Short Title Catalog, T79890.
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Note
- Stanford University Libraries also has the microfilm version: http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/580114
- Location
- Great Britain -- England -- London.
