Pigott's new Hoyle, or the general repository of games; containing rules and instructions for playing whist, Piquet, Quinze, Goff, Draughts, Cricket, Quadrille, Faro, Hazard, Rouge et Noir, Lansquenet, Backgammon, Chess, Tennis, Cribbage, Cassino, Connections All Four, Put, Matrimony, &c. &c. With Tables of Odds, Calculations for betting advantageously, and 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 fashion able Subscription House. From the manuscript of the late Charles Pigott, Esq. The Third Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. To which is added, an Epitome of the Statute Laws on Gaming, with the different Cases of contested bets, Bonds, and other Securities, which have been legally argued and determined
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
printed for James Ridgway, York Street, St. James's Square
1795, [1795?]
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| Edition: | The third edition, corrected and enlarged |
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | A condensed edition of Hoyle's treatises, with additions and alterations by Charles Pigott. - At foot of titlepage: "The public are respectfully cautioned to be particular in asking for Pigott's new Hoyle, as an insidious attempt has been made to introduce a mutilated edition of this work into circulation. - English Short Title Catalog, T179917. - Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). - With five final advertisement pages |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (x,271,[5]p) ill 12° |