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 ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bı̄dpāı̄
Format: eBook
Language:English
Series:Eighteenth century collections online.
Online Access:Full text online
Description
Item Description: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 Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:2 unnumbered pages, vi, 4 unnumbered pages, 214p., plates ; 12⁰.