Instructive and entertaining fables of Pilpay
Subtitle: 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
Contributors: Harris, Joseph, fl. 1690; Gaulmin, Gilbert, 1585-1665; Sa'īd, Dāwūd
Edition: 5th ed., corrected, improved, and enlarged, and adorned with near seventy cuts neatly engraved
Publisher: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, W. Strahan, T. Caslon, S. Crowder ... [and 5 others]
Published: 1775
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Fables, Indian; Fables, Persian
Other titles: Fables of Bidpai. English; Fables of Pilpay; Anvār-i Suhaylī
Notes: Signatures: A-Kp12s, Lp6s

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 Kalīlah wa-Dimnah, but was in fact a translation, by G. Gaulmin and Dāwūd Sa'īd of the first four chapters of the Persian 'Anvār-i Suhaylī'--ESTC

ESTC T128187