Gaming table [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… type of table was a prerequisite to play certain games: in a 1793 treatise on Faro and Rouge et Noir for instance the author, French exile and mathematician Abraham De Moivre, details what type of table should be used and how for each of … strongly evocative of the animalisation frequently associated with gaming. In an anonymous 1761 treatise on gaming the author concludes that: ‘Gaming’s a fiend with Harpy Claws and Eyes, Of Paper Substance, but prodigious Size: Which like …
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