Hoyle's Games (1742)

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Originally created as a treatise on Whist published around 1742, later editions incorporated additional games. By the 10th edition, published in 1750, the book included chapters on Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Back-Gammon. At least 20 different versions of Hoyle's have been published over the years, making it the best-selling series of books about games in history and giving rise to the popular phrase, according to Hoyle. The title page of an edition published around 1900 reads as follows:

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