"Illustrated Games of Patience" 1876 Cadogan, Lady Adelaide

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CADOGAN, Lady Adelaide

[48] pp.

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington

Bound by Burn & Co

1876

Third Edition

9 … Read more CADOGAN, Lady Adelaide

[48] pp.

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington

Bound by Burn & Co

1876

Third Edition

9 3/8" x 7 3/4"

Lady Cadogan's guide to playing card games, with a colour plate for each of the games included; a scarce book in this third edition. The third edition of this volume in the publisher's original cloth binding. 24 colour plates, one for each of the games described. Collated complete. The card games explained include: La Belle Lucie; Le Cadran; La Quinzaine; La Loi Salique; Les Quatre Coins; Le Moulin; Le Shah; Le Blocus; L'Horloge; La Forteresse; Les Quatorze; Le Sultan; Le Calcul; La Nivernaise; The Empress of India; The Besieged City; Le Parterre; Les Hemisheres; Les Petits Paquets; Le Carre Napoleon; La Duchesse de Luynes; The British Constitution; The Zodiac; Sympathie. Lady Adelaide Cadogan (1820-1890), was a British noblewoman and author, most noted for her books on plays and card games. See less