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, ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The fifth edition, corrected, improved and enlarged; and adorned with near seventy cuts .. |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| 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 'Kalilah wa-Dimnah', but was in fact a translation, by G. Gaulmin and Dāwūd Sa'ı̄d of the first four chapters of the Persian 'Anvār i Suhaylı̄'. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 unnumbered pages, ix, 9 unnumbered pages, 231, 1 unnumbered page, plates ; 12⁰. |