Games - Rules - Early works to 1800
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Annals of gaming or complete directions for whist, quadrille, piquet, billiards, ... in which is contained, the method of playing ... Including the laws of the several games, ..
ConnoisseurDate: [1775?]- E-books
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New Hoyle , or the general repository of games; containing rules and instructions for playing whist, Cribbage, Piquet, Quinzf, Goff, Draughts, Faro, Hazard, Quaerille, Cricket, Chess, Matrimony, Rouge et Noir, Tennis, Lansquenet, Backgammon, &c. &c. &c. With their Laws, as established at Brookes's, White's, D'Aubigny's, Scavoir Vivre, Miles's, Payne's, Phillips's, the Jockey Club, And every other Subscription House. From the manuscript of the late Charles Pigott, Esq.
Pigott, Charles, d. 1794.Date: [1795?]- E-books
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The compleat gamester in three parts. Viz. I. Full and easy instructions for playing the games chiefly used at court and in the Assemble�es, viz. Ombre, Quadrille, Quintille, Picquet, Basset, Faro, and the Royal Game of Chess. II. The true manner of playing the most usual games at cards, viz. Whist, All-Fours, Cribbidge, Put, Lue, Brag, &c. With several diverting Tricks upon the Cards. III. Rules for playing at all the games both within and without the tables; likewise at English and French Billiards. Also the Laws of each Game annexed to prevent Disputes. Written for the Use of the Young Princesses, By Richard Seymour, Esq;.
Seymour, Richard, Esq.Date: [1734]- E-books
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Annals of gaming or, the fair player's sure guide. Containing original treatises on the following games. Whist. Hazard. Tennis. ... Back-gammon. All-fours. Comet, or Pope Joan. To which are subjoined all the operations, legerdemains, ... or any possible indirect means tha can be introduced at those games. By a connoisseur.
ConnoisseurDate: 1775- E-books
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Pigott's new Hoyle or, the general repository of games: containing rules and instructions for playing whist, ... From the manuscript of the late Charles Pigott, Esq.
Pigott, Charles, d. 1794.Date: [1797?]