Quadrille Elucidated. Being a historical, critical and practical treatise on that admired game
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Cheltenham: Printed for G. A. Williams, 1822. 95pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's blue printed paper wrappers, some chipping to extremities, marking to wrappers. Internally clean and crisp. A treatise on the popular trick-taking card game Quadrille, a variant of the Spanish game of Ombre. Popular in the eighteenth-century it is played by two paired teams, the pastime is referenced on four occasions in Pride and Prejudice (with mastery of the somewhat complicated rules used as a tool of social distinction by Lady Catherine de Bourgh), and is frequently mentioned in James Woodforde’s The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802. . First edition. 16mo in 8s.
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- Librería
- Antiquates Ltd
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- AQ23098
- Título
- Quadrille Elucidated. Being a historical, critical and practical treatise on that admired game
- Autor
- QUANTI, Q
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Printed for G. A. Williams
- Lugar de publicación
- Cheltenham
- Fecha de publicación
- 1822
- Palabras clave
- Card Games
- Size
- 16mo in 8s
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Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
