Pigott's new Hoyle, or the general repository of games; containing rules and instructions for playing whist, Piquet, Quinze, Goff, Draughts, Cricket, Quadrille, Faro, Hazard, Rouge et Noir, Lansquenet, Backgammon, Chess, Tennis, Cribbage, Cassino, Connections All Four, Put, Matrimony, &c. &c. With Tables of Odds, Calculations for betting advantageously, and their Laws as established at Brookes's, White's, D' Aubigny's, Scavoir Vivre, Miles's, Payne's, Phillips's, the Jockey Club, and every other fashion able Subscription House. From the manuscript of the late Charles Pigott, Esq. The Third Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. To which is added, an Epitome of the Statute Laws on Gaming, with the different Cases of contested bets, Bonds, and other Securities, which have been legally argued and determined

People / Organizations

• Charles Pigott (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for James Ridgway, York Street, St. James's Square, [1795?] The third edition, corrected and enlarged. ..; ..

Publication year

1795

ESTC No.

T179917

Grub Street ID

216622

Description

x,271,[5]p. : ill. ; 12°.

Note

A condensed edition of Hoyle's treatises, with additions and alterations by Charles Pigott

With five final advertisement pages

At foot of titlepage: "The public are respectfully cautioned to be particular in asking for Pigott's new Hoyle, as an insidious attempt has been made to introduce a mutilated edition of this work into circulation".