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Académie universelle des jeux. Complet en 3 tomes. Académie...

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Académie universelle des jeux. Complet en 3 tomes. Académie universelle des jeux ; contenant les règles de jeux de cartes permis : celles du billard, du mail, du trictrac, du revertier, &c. &. With easy instructions for learning to play them well. New expanded edition of the game of chess, by Philidor; of the game of whist, by Edmond Hoyle, translated from the English; of the game of Tre-sette; of the game of domine, &c. &c. With figures. Volume one [-three]. Amsterdam, by D.J. Changuion & T. van Harrevelt, MDCCLXXXVI [1786]. 16,5 x 11 cm, [6]-299-[1] ; [4]-300 ; [4]-330-[1-1 bl.] p. : ill. 3 volumes bound in blue paper (a little dusty, small lacks near the headpieces). A complete copy in 3 volumes, in fine condition and largely uncut, with the frontispiece by Buys engraved by Myling in the first volume.