Abbé Bellecour | Card games

Abbé Bellecour
The academy of play, containing, a full description of, and the laws of play. London: Printed for F. Newbery, [1768]

12mo (172 x 101 mm). Pages 251-253 misnumbered 151-153; marginal browning and scattered spotting to title-page and contents leaf, contents leaf partially detached, E9–12 dampstained and toned, staining along top and bottom margins of quire N. Mottled calf to style by Period Binders of Bath. the spine in 6 compartments gilt, brown morocco lettering piece; spine a trifle sunned.

A translation of Academie universelle des jeux, it was advertised in the Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, 3 March 1768: "On Tuesday next will be published. …" Many of the card games explained in the book are listed on the title-page but it also includes entries for Solitaire, the Game of the Bride, the Game of Trumps, The Game of the Beast, The Game of the Fly, The Game of the Man d'Auvergne, The Game of the Farm, and many others.

REFERENCE:
ESTC T105605

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