The instructive and entertaining fables of Pilpay : an ancient Indian philosopher, containing a number of excellent rules for the conduct of persons of all ages, ... Corrected, improved, and enlarged; and adorned with near seventy cuts ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | With a final advertisement leaf. First published in 1699 as 'The fables of Pilpay'. A translation by Joseph Harris of 'Les fables de Pilpay', 1698, which purported to be a translation of the Kalı̄lah wa-Dimnah, but was in fact a translation by Gilbert Gaulmin and Dāwūd Sa'ı̄d of the first four chapters of the Persian 'Anvār i Suhaylı̄'. Reproduction of original from the Harvard University Houghton Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 unnumbered pages, viii, 6 unnumbered pages, 214, 2 unnumbered pages, plates ; 12⁰. |