The laws of Piquet adopted by the Portland and Turf Clubs with A Treatise on the Game by Cavendish author of The Laws and principle of whist etc., etc.

Preface to the web edition

This is a transcription of the 8th edition of the book Cavendish on Piquet available here in PDF format.

There is one difference with the original : I chose to postpone the Laws of Piquet part at the end of the book, as it is mainly reference material and is therefore poorly suited to serve as an introduction to the game of Piquet.

You can also read this book on your ebook device by downloading the epub edition.

The sources of the site are available on this git repository. You can report errors there by creating a ticket.

Finally, if you like to delve into old forgotten games treatises, I invite you to take a look at these works dealing with the game of Trictrac (in French), adapted using the same process:

• Cours complet de Trictrac par Pierre Marie Michel Lepeintre, 1818
• Traité complet du jeu de Trictrac seconde édition par N. Guiton l'aîné, 1822
• Le jeu de Trictrac rendu facile par Julien Lelasseux-Lafosse, 1852

Preface to the first edition

Since Hoyle's Treatise on Piquet was published in 1744, no original work on Piquet has appeared in the English language (so far as the author has been able to discover), though Hoyle has several times been edited with more or less success.

The issue of an authorized code of Laws affords a good occasion for the publication of afresh treatise on the game. Although the plan of it is original, the author has made free use of the examples contained in Hoyle's valuable work.The author has also (through the great kindness of Mr. Clay,) been able to avail himself of that accomplished player's judgment and experience. For the assistance rendered to him by Mr. Clay, the author takes this opportunity of expressing his warmest thanks.

Portland Club, May, 1873.