Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… Image White’s ‘Betting-book’, A. Bourke, The History of White’s (1892), vol. 2 Image Thomas Rowlandson, ‘The Jockey Club or Newmarkert Meeting’, 1811, The Met Museum, 59.533.1460. Image Court of Equity Betting Book (Sept. 16, 1769 – June 30, 1772). Image ‘Insurance on Lives, satirical playing-card, part of a ‘Bubble Companies’ card deck’, 1720, © The Trustees of the British Museum. Résumé The betting book is the material expression of the sociable practice of betting, which became fashionable as part of the …
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