The polite gamester : Containing, short treatises on the games of whist, quadrille, back-gammon, piquet and chess. Together with an artificial memory, or, An easy method of assisting the memory of those that play at the game of whist. By Edmund Hoyle, gent. a new addition, with great additions to the game whist; among which are, a dictionary of whist, which resolves almost all the critical case that may happen at the game. Also a whole chapter of thirteen new cases, never before published.
| Author/creator | Hoyle, Edmond |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Dublin : Printed for G. and A. Ewing, at the Angle and Bible in Dame-Street, M,DCC,LII. [1752] |
| Description | 6 unnumbered pages, 56;12;23, 1 unnumbered page;47, 1 unnumbered page;43, 1 unnumbered page ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Short treatise on the game of whist |
| General note | With separate titlepage, pagination and register to each part. |
| General note | Contains: 'A short treatise on the game of whist', thirteenth edition, 1752; 'An artificial memory', 1751; 'A short treatise on the game of quadrille', 1754; 'A short treatise on the game of back-gammon', "printed for George and Alexander Ewing", 1753; 'A short treatise on th game of piquet', fourth edition, 1752, all published by G. and A. Ewing in Dublin. |
| General note | Brace(s) in title or imprint. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T218262. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |