Nouvelles règles de la poule a deux billes. Rédigées d’après les avis des plus forts joueurs particulièrement des sieurs Ch. N. M. & publiées par Guilélouvette & Thomeret, fabricants de billards brévetés du roi 1830.: A sammelband with 3 folio-sized engraved and illustrated broadsheets.

Large engraved and folded broadsheet (585 x 468 mm) with a beautifull interior view of a billiard hall with a lavishly decorated billiard table with 6 male billiard players, ca 224 x 470 mm, in the upper half of the sheet, designed and engraved by Daniel, graveur du roi. Lower part of the sheet with text in 6 columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, adorned with four richly decorated medals in the corners of the text.

- Bound with:
Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by emblematic vignettes, with rules of variant billiard games in six columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, and with two oval ornate medals in lower corners of the text.

- Bound with:
Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... A Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by emblematic vignettes dessiné et gravé par Daniel, portail du Louvre en face la rue du Coq. Text in 6 columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, lower corners with ornate oval medals. Cont. half cloth over blue veined paste paper boards. Front cover with mounted rectangular orange gilt label. 4to (295 x 260 mm). A near fine copy.


A sammelband with three scarce broadsheets on the game of billiards, published by the Paris based Charles Chérau a manufacturer of billiard cues, tables, balls and all other accessories for this game. The first magnificently illustrated broadsheet is devoted to pool billiards with two balls, the rules laid out in great detail with articles numbered 1 to 40. The second broadsheet with 11 variants of the game of billiards like: 1. Partie a suivre - 2. Partie du doublet franc - 3. Partie blanche - 4. Partie russe - 5. Partie des cinq blouses - 6. Partie chacun trois blouses - 7. Partie de la perte - 8. Partie de commande - 9. Partie a écrire. Partie a suivre - 10. Partie russe - 11. Partie blanche au doublet. The third broadsheet with a regular more commonly played version of the game of billiards the rules laid out in great detail with articles numbered 1 to 58. A fine sammelband with 3 scarce illustrated ephemera on the game of billiards.