LEBRUN.
Manuel des jeux de calcul et de hasard; ou, Nouvelle académie des jeux.
Paris: Roret, 1828.
16mo (136 × 80 mm.), pp. [ii], 365, [1]. Very light and inoffensive spotting throughout. Contemporary quarter sheep, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled boards and edges. A very nice copy.
First edition of this very scarce manual of games which includes chess, draughts, roulette and numerous card-games. There are quite substantial materials on chance and probability in games. It was reprinted several times in the nineteenth-century with the later editions having one or more folding plates. No plate is called for in this first edition.
Very scarce: OCLC/RLG list a single non-European copy (White collection, Cleveland Public Library). No UK copies.
£300.00
US$595.74*
* Given as a guide only. Based on an exchange rate of £1 = US$1.985799 for the day 25 July 2008 but liable to fluctuate.
25 July 2008