The Academicians of 1823; or, The Greeks of the Palais Royal, and the Clubs of St. James's
London: Lawler and Quick, 1823. Hardcover. An attack on the gaming clubs of London, controversial when it was published. As in most copies, pages 311-428 were redacted, containing the chapter naming "Evil-disposed persons". Hand coloured frontispiece "La Roulette" depicts fashionable gamblers. Touches on law, mathematics, and morality. Jessel 459. Contemporary.....