Language: English
Published by Lawler and Quick, London, 1823
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, Burlingame, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. An attack on the gaming clubs of London, controversial when it was published. As in most copies, pages 311-428 were redacted, containing the chapter naming "Evil-disposed persons". Hand coloured frontispiece "La Roulette" depicts fashionable gamblers. Touches on law, mathematics, and morality. Jessel 459. Contemporary linen-backed boards, considerably worn. [4], [i]- viii,9-310,439-456 pp.