1883 Illustrated Games of Patience By Lady Adelaide Cadogan Dedicated by Permission To His Royal Highness The Duke of Albany, K.G. Fourth Edition.

Description

Colour Plates, Scarce

The fourth edition of this volume in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the half title, dated 1884. 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.