Item Description: | 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. - English Short Title Catalog, T79890. - Jessel. F. A bibliography of works in English on playing cards and gaming, 800. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Text continuous despite pagination. - The collective titlepage has no imprint: imprint taken from the individual titlepages. - With an index |