Cours Complet de Trictrac, avec un abrege du gammon, du jacquet et du garanguet; a la portee de tout le monde et a l'usage des amateurs

by Pierre-Marie-Michel Lepeintre

$300 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Expertly bound to style in half dark blue morocco and marbled paper covered boards, spine gilt with raised bands First edition of this guide to trictrac, a game similar to backgammon. Trictrac was a variant of backgammon that was very popular in aristocratic circles of France throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and retained its popularity until the middle of the nineteenth century. Backgammon was often called trictrac and the terms used

• Binding: Leather

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