[HOYLE, Edmond]

Breve tratado do Jogo do Whist, que contem as leis do jogo, e algumas regras, pelas quaes se póde conseguir o jogá-lo bem. Addicionado com duas computações: huma sobre as apostas em qualquer ponto do jogo; e outra para dar a conhecer ao parceiro huma, e mais certas cartas. Traduzido da lingua ingleza na portugueza (by Luiz de Vasconcellos Botelho). Segunda Edição.

Lisbon 1818

Description

Small 8vo. 104 pp. Boards. Unopened copy. Title p. dust-stained.

Edmond Hoyle (1671/2 - 1769) appears to have been a barrister by profession, but he gave lessons on playing whist, and his manuscript handbook on the subject developed into this famous and popular work. He was the first to write scientifically about the game, his Short Treatise on the Game of Whist first appearing in 1742. His name became synonymous after his death with any book on card games (see New D.N.B., v. 28). Innocêncio V, 334 cites 1768 edition only. Gonçalves Rodrigues, A tradução em Portugal, 3484.

GBP 150.00

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