Card games - Early works to 1800
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Hoyle abridged or, short rules for short memories at the game of whist. With the laws of the game, &c. Adapted either for the head or pocket. By Bob Short.
Short, BobDate: [1795]- E-books
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The litterary cards , being a new invention to learn to read, and speedily acquire the greatest Knowledge in Calculation without Pains or Trouble. Likewise directions to play all the most usual games on the cards and dice, without either Box or Dice. The whole adorned with historical, geographical, and moral instructions, and embellished with forty-eight heads of illustrious personages, And other ornamental Engravings, curiously done on copper-plates, By the most Eminent Artists. The whole comprehending a great Variety of useful Knowledge, and peculiarly adapted for the Amusement and Instruction of the Youth of both Sexes. Wrote in English and French, by Thomas Foubert.
Foubert, ThomasDate: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- E-books
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Games most in use , in England, France and Spain, viz. basset, picquet, primero, l'ombre, chess, billiards, grand-tricktrack, verquere, &c. Some of which were never before printed in any language. All regulated by the most experienc'd masters. With a table to the whole.
Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.Date: [1715?]- E-books
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Observations on horse races , cards, attending play houses, and dancing. Humbly addressed to Christians of every denomination. By A. Kilham, Minister of the Gospel.
Alexander KilhamDate: 1793- E-books
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Hoyle abridged or short rules for short memories at the game of whist. With the laws of the game, &c. Adapted either for the head or pocket. By Bob Short.
Short, BobDate: [1791]