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Memoirs of the lives, intrigues, and comical adventures of the most famous gamesters and celebrated sharpers in the reigns of Charles II, James II, William III and Queen Anne : wherein is contain'd the secret history of gaming, discovering all the most sharping tricks and cheats (us'd by sligh t of hand) at picquet, gleek, lanterloo, bankafalet, bassett, primero, cribbidge, verquere, tick-tack, grand-tricktrack, and all the English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Italian games, play'd with cards, dice, tables or otherwise : the whole calculated for the meridians of London, Bath, ...

Title:Memoirs of the lives, intrigues, and comical adventures of the most famous gamesters and celebrated sharpers in the reigns of Charles II, James II, William III and Queen Anne : wherein is contain'd the secret history of gaming, discovering all the most sharping tricks and cheats (us'd by sligh t of hand) at picquet, gleek, lanterloo, bankafalet, bassett, primero, cribbidge, verquere, tick-tack, grand-tricktrack, and all the English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Italian games, play'd with cards, dice, tables or otherwise : the whole calculated for the meridians of London, Bath, ...
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Note:Printed for J. Brown ... J.Hooke ... & F. Burleigh, 1714
  
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