Historical references
- Selected transcriptions taken from sources of historical interest
- Wits Interpreter, by John Cotgrave.
- The Compleat Gamester, by Charles Cotton.
- Diccionario de Autoridades
(in Spanish, translation still in the works)
This is the famous first edition of the Dictionary of the Spanish Royal
Academy. Among its impressive lexicographic wealth, it includes
a large number of terms related to gaming and gambling.
Generations of game researchers have been thankful to the
old academicians for this.
- Results of a search at
EMEDD.
Thanks to Greg Lindahl for his suggestion of searching in this source.