THE POLITE GAMESTER: CONTAINING SHORT TREATISES On the Games of WHIST, BACK-GAMMON, QUADRILLE, PIQUET and CHESS. TOGETHER WITH An Artificial Memory, OR AN Early Method of assisting the Memory of those that Play at the Game of WHIST.
Dublin. G. and A. Ewing, 1745. Hardcover. [6], 66, [3], 4-23, [1], [2], 69, [1], [4], [1], 68, [4], 5-21, [3 catalogue] pages. Quarter bound calf over marbled boards. Small octavo, measuring approximately 16.2 x 10 cm. Spine expertly repaired,; endpapers replaced at some time; one short tear closed; binding rubbed and worn. Small ink mark (approximately 2cm at longest point) affecting foredges of the first 36 pages; some browning to endpapers; else a good copy. First Dublin edition.
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