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Title: |
THE | POLITE GAMESTER: | CONTAINING, | SHORT TREATISES | ON THE GAMES
OF | [3 lines to left of line of type orn] WHIST, WITH AN | ARTIFICIAL |
MEMORY, | [3 lines to right of line of type orn] QUADRILLE, | BACK-GAMMON, |
PIQUET AND CHESS. | TOGETHER WITH AN | ESSAY | TOWARDS MAKING THE | DOCTRINE
OF CHANCES | Easy to thoſe who underſtand Vulgar | Arithmetic only. | TO WHICH ARE ADDED, | Some USEFUL TABLES on | Annuities for Lives, &c. &c. | By EDMUND HOYLE, Gent. | DUBLIN: | Printed by James Hoey, at the Mercury | in Parliament-ſtreet. {No. 19.} | [short rule] |
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| Collation: |
12o: π1 A4 B–C12 D12(±D6,11) E12(±E9) F12 G12(±G3) H12(±H5,12) I12 K12(K12+1) [$1–5 (−A3,4,C3,4,5,D3,4,5,E5,G3,H5) signed]; 114 leaves, pp. [10 ] [1] 2–58 [59–61] 62–68 [69–71] 72–88 [89–91] 92–123 [124–127] 128–151 [152–155] 156–166 [167–171] 172–217 [218] |
| Section Title Artifical Memory |
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AN | Artificial Memory. | OR, AN | EASY METHOD | OF | Aſſiſting the Memory of thoſe that | play at the Game of Whist. | TO WHICH ARE ADDED, | Several Caſes not hitherto Publiſhed. | By EDMUND HOYLE, Gent. | DUBLIN: | Printed
by James Hoey, at the Mercury | in Parliament-ſtreet. {No. 19.} | [short rule] |
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| Section Title Backgammon |
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A SHORT | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | BACK-GAMMON. |
CONTAINING, | [12 lines to left of rule] A TABLE of the thirty-ſix | Chances,
with Directions | how to find out the Odds of | being hit, upon ſingle, or |
double Dice. | Rules whereby a Begin-|ner may, with due Atten-|tion to them, attain
playing | it well. | The ſeveral Stages for | carrying your Men home, in | order to loſe no Point. | [12 lines
to right of rule] How to find out who is for-|wardeſt to win a Hit. | Caſes ſtated for Back-|games, with Directions | how to play for one. | Caſes ſtated, how to know | when you may have the | better of ſaving a Gam-|mon by Running. | Variety of Caſes of Curi-|oſity and Inſtruction. | The Laws of the Game. | [rule] | By EDMOND HOYLE, Gent. | [rule] | [type orns] | DUBLIN: | Printed by James Hoey, at the Mercury | in Parliament-ſtreet. {No. 19.} | [short rule] |
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| Section Title Piquet |
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A | TREATISE | ON THE GAME OF | PIQUET. | [rule] | By EDMUND HOYLE,
Gent. | [rule] | [type orns] | DUBLIN: | printed by James Hoey, at the Mercury | in Parliament-ſtreet. {No. 19.} | [short rule] |
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| Section Title Chess |
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SOME | RULES | AND | OBSERVATIONS | FOR PLAYING WELL AT | CHESS. |
DUBLIN: | Printed by James Hoey, at the Mercury | in Parliament-ſtreet. {No. 19.} | [short rule] |
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| Section Title Doctrine of Chances |
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AN | ESSAY | TOWARDS MAKING THE | DOCTRINE | OF | CHANCES | Easy to thoſe who underſtand Vulgar | Arithmetic only. | TO WHICH ARE ADDED, | Some USEFUL TABLES on | Annuities for Lives, &c. &c. | [rule] | By Mr. HOYLE. | [rule] | DUBLIN: | Printed by James Hoey, at the Mercury | in Parliament-ſtreet. {No. 19.} | [short rule] |
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