Anonyme - Encyclopédie Méthodique. Dictionnaire des Jeux - 1792

In Paris, at Chez Panckoucke, M. DCC. XCII 1792.
In-4, (+ 1 blank) + 316 pages, modern full leather binding, text in double column, title pages restored for the 16 engraved plates, of which 6 are double-page, original plain binding from the period worn. First edition of this dictionary of Games, part of the Encyclopédie méthodique, Second part of mathematics (Amusements des Sciences Mathématiques, etc.). Describing 90 indoor and outdoor games. Plate 1: Table of the Game of Belle / 2) (old game) Billiards / 3) Table of the Game of Biribu / 4) Checkerboard in the Polish style, and the game pieces / 5) Délassemens de Mars. Table of the Game (double plate) / 6) Domino Table of the Game / 7) Chess: A chessboard and pieces of the game / 8) Table Game of War / 9) Table of the Hymen Game (double plate) / 10) Lindor (playing cards) Table of the Game / 11) Map of the World Table of the Game (double plate) / 12) Marine. Table of the Game (double plate) / 13) ?Game of the Goose, Table of the Game (double plate) / 14) Henri IV's Hen Table of the Game (double plate) / 15) Table of the Game of Four Flowers / 16) Trictrac, and pieces of the Game.