Bourse (1778); Casino (1839)

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BOURSE

THE GRAND TOUR
by Thomas Nugent
Third Edition
London: J. Rivington and Sons
1778

   OED read the 1756 first editon and came away with about 130 citations.
This is a nice, unrecorded "bourse" explanation in the "Antwerp" section:

Pg. 209:
   Joining the _Mere_ is the _Excvhange_, built in 1531, and the first
edifice of the kind in _Europe_, from whence Sir _Thomas Gresham_ took his
model of that at _London_.  It stands in the center of four large streets,
has four specious gates opposite to one another, and the walks on each side
are supported by forty-three pillars of blue marble, all engraved, but not
two of them alike.  It took its name of _Bourse_, from a house that was built
formerly in the same place, on which there was a scutcheon charged with three
purses; and from that time the public places appointed for the meeting of
merchants, have retained the _French_ name of _Bourse_.

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CASINO

GERMANY, BOHEMIA, AND HUNGARY,
VISITED IN 1837
by the Rev. G. R. Gleig
in three volumes
London: John W. Parker
1839

   The title made me excited.  Polka!  Robot!  Paprika!  Well, none of that
stuff is here.  The three volumes were duds.
   I have a 1700s "casino" here somewhere, but might as well post this one
while it's still fresh.  The city is Pesht, Hungary.

VOLUME THREE
Pg. 234:
   We found, also, upon inquiry, that it contained two theatres, a casino, or
club-house, and an excellent market-place...

Pg. 252:  We put our names down at the Casino, and were liberally admitted to
the privileges of membership...