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, and in all stations: under several heads
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Printed for S. Birt, in Ave-Mary-Lane; and Dan Browne, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar
1754, MDCCLIV. [1754]
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| Edition: | The third edition. Corrected, improved, and enlarged; and adorned with near seventy cuts neatly engraved |
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | 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'. - English Short Title Catalog, N9099. - First published in 1699 as 'The fables of Pilpay'. - Reproduction of original from British Library |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([2],ix,[9],231,[1]p.,plates) 12° |