Loo and Lanterloo
David Lane
Looking for details (history, rules etc) of the card game Loo, also
known as Lanterloo. I am particularly interested in this and other
card games played during the George III period, 1760 to 1820.
Many thanks
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Christian Joachim Hartmann
David Lane <david...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Looking for details (history, rules etc) of the card game Loo, also
> known as Lanterloo. I am particularly interested in this and other
> card games played during the George III period, 1760 to 1820.
>
> Many thanks
I guess that some of the books by David Parlett contain some rule
of Loo or at least rules of suffiently similar games.
Look for his "Penguin book of card games", "History of Card Games/Oxford
book of card games" and "Oxford dictionary of card games".
For names of similar games look at John McLeod's Card Game site
under "Rams".
<http://www.pagat.com/class.html#rams>
One book I definitely want to suggest, one of the best books on period
card games, is Cotton's "Compleat Gamester".
Copies of the facsimile edition seem to be still on sale here:
<http://www.gamblersbook.com/cotton.htm>
Yes, this is a reprint of the very book from 1674! It is slightly
to early for your period though, but the game described there should
be the same and you'll got an original accout of the game - something
which is difficult to get!
Otherwise --- only the access to original sources remains. Try to
track down a copy of Seymour's "Court Gamester" in libraries in
your vicinity. <http://www.best.com/~dlevy/trictrac/seymour.htm>
The text of Cotton's "Gamester" has been reprinted in:
Cyril Hughes Hartmann: Games and Gamesters of the Restoration,
George Rutledge 1930, Kennikat Press 1971
which also reprints The Lives of the Gamesters by Theophilus Lucas, 1714.
<http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/hist-games/archive/0236.html>
For research in books on games look for the following two online special
collections:
<http://library.nevada.edu/speccol/grc/taxerel.html>
<http://js-catalog.cpl.org:60100/MARION?key=card%20games&ind=S&fmt=&lng=&dat=>
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David Levy
> David Lane <david...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > Looking for details (history, rules etc) of the card game Loo, also
> > known as Lanterloo. I am particularly interested in this and other
> > card games played during the George III period, 1760 to 1820.
> I guess that some of the books by David Parlett contain some rule
> of Loo or at least rules of suffiently similar games.
> Look for his "Penguin book of card games", "History of Card Games/Oxford
> book of card games" and "Oxford dictionary of card games".
You may also want to look at various editions of Hoyle for Loo. They are
widely
available through the online used book databases and, at 19th and early
20th century editions are not terribly expensive. For example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=32864574
is a 1908 edition at ebay with an opening bid listed at $5.00.
I also have a duplicate (but imperfect copy) of Captain Crawley's Whist,
Loo & Cribbage from the mid 19th century. Holler if you're interested!
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