[FABLES].
[PILPAY, A. K. A. Bidpai, attributed to].
The Instructive and Entertaining Fables of Pilpay, an Ancient Indian Philosopher...
Dublin: T. T. Faulkner, 1776
Illustrated with 16 woodcut plates, each plate with 3 scenes each.
214, [2, ads] pp.
Bound in modern quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt.
Text toned.
REVISED DUBLIN EDITION WITH WOODCUTS.
The title-page states "Nearly Seventy Cuts..." so it is possible that this copy is missing some plates, but we've been unable to verify this.
This is an early English language edition of the Indian Sanskrit epic, the Panchatantra.
The author is unknown, but this has been attributed to ancient Indian scholar, Vishnu Sharma.
Size 4.5 by 7"
Text in English



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