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Description
[GAMES]
[PHILIDOR and HOYLE]
Universal Academy of Games, with simple instructions on how to play them well. New, expanded and revised edition
Amsterdam. No publisher’s name, 1760.
2 volumes in one small volume, in 8°. Full fawn sheepskin binding. Ribbed spine, decorated with gilt metalwork and fleurons. Small tear at the bottom.
Volume I: 384 pages.
Volume II: 294 pages.
Part 1 contains the rules of ‘Le Médiateur’, compiled and explained for the benefit of those who have no knowledge of this game (a card game), the game of Quadrille, the game of Hombre for three and for two, Piquet, Comete, Impériale, Reversis, Papillon, Ambigu, Commerce, Guimberde, the game of ‘Triomphe’, the game of ‘La Ferme’, the game of ‘Gillet’, the game of ‘Hoc’, the game of ‘Romestecq’, the game of ‘Sizette’, the game of ‘L’Emprunt’, the game of ‘Sixte’, and the game of ‘Mail’.
Part 2 contains: billiards, the game of ‘paulme’, backgammon, tric-trac, revertier, the game of ‘Toute-Table’, the game of ‘Tourne-Case’, the game of ‘Dames Rabattues’, the game of ‘Toc’, and the game of Chess, by Philidor, from page 147 to page 294.
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10/15/2026 at 1:00 PM
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