8vo (192 × 127 mm), pp. 196, complete with the half-title; narrow strip cut from head of title (removing an ownership inscription), another name (still early and reading ‘B.M. Murdo’) written below; uncut in the original blue boards; paper spine with remains of early manuscript label; binding quite soiled and worn; contents very fresh.

First published the previous year. Edinburgh poet, Thomson’s Whist admirably reflects the eighteeneh-century appetite for the game, first described in detail by Hoyle in 1742.