Quadrille (card game)
The Quadrille is a historical card game for four people. Quadrille was originally just an adaptation of L'Hombre for four (active) players, but in England around 1725 it surpassed the older L'Hombre in popularity.
After Edmond Hoyle had published a treatise on the whist game in 1741 , he followed up with further short treatises on piquet , brag , chess , backgammon and quadrille (1745) in the following years , establishing his name as an authority on questions of games and their rules.
Quadrille was very popular in the 18th century, but was almost completely supplanted by whist in the late 18th century. The Quadrille had a very lasting influence on the development of other games that are still popular today, such as Solo Whist and the Tarock game, especially in the predominant variant, the König’s call, the close relationship to the Quadrille can be seen.
The name Quadrille is of French origin and, like that of dance (see Quadrille (dance) ), is derived from the Italian quadriglio or Spanish cuadrilla from the Latin quadra (German: four).
literature
- David Parlett : Oxford Dictionary of Card Games . Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 1992/96
- Albert Stabenow: Card Games . Philipp Reclam, Leipzig 1908
- Quadrille . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 22 : Poll - Reeves . London 1911, p. 707 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ quoted from Encyclopædia Britannica from 1911