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.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Fables of Bidpai.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fables, English--Early works to 1800.

Fables, English.

Genre:

Fables.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,ix pages, 9 unnumbered pages,231 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plates ; 12⁰

Edition:

The third edition. Corrected, improved, and enlarged; and adorned with near seventy cuts neatly engraved.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for S. Birt, in Ave-Mary-Lane; and Dan Browne, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar, MDCCLIV. [1754]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

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'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N9099.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.