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, ..

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.

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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, ..