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One of the very early billiards books that authors speak of with hushed reverence is John Dew's A Treatise on Billiards, sometimes referred to as The Odds At Billiards.
In the digital age, most of these illusive works are out there to be found, and since I've just done so, I thought I'd share it with anyone else who's interested to have a look.
Dew's book was actually published as both a standalone work and part of an updated Hoyle's Games, both published in 1779, so I've extracted Dew from a PDF of that Hoyle.
In books of that era, a 'f' character is sometimes used for 's'. I don't really know why, but it's easy to read through if you know it's coming.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TQr07Rgbv9gKSq8K5wR4PrsHkf0DXx4W/view?usp=sharing
(That should be publicly accessible, but let me know if not. And if better billiards historians than me spot that I've got any of the above details wrong, please feel free to correct me!)
In the digital age, most of these illusive works are out there to be found, and since I've just done so, I thought I'd share it with anyone else who's interested to have a look.
Dew's book was actually published as both a standalone work and part of an updated Hoyle's Games, both published in 1779, so I've extracted Dew from a PDF of that Hoyle.
In books of that era, a 'f' character is sometimes used for 's'. I don't really know why, but it's easy to read through if you know it's coming.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TQr07Rgbv9gKSq8K5wR4PrsHkf0DXx4W/view?usp=sharing
(That should be publicly accessible, but let me know if not. And if better billiards historians than me spot that I've got any of the above details wrong, please feel free to correct me!)