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.
| Author/creator | Bı̄dpāı̄ |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed for S. Birt; and D. Browne, 1747. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, ix, 9 unnumbered pages, 231, 1 unnumbered page, plates ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| General note | First published in 1699 as 'The fables of Pilpay'. |
| General note | 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'. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT143267. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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