Lot#31 || The Instructive and Entertaining Fables of Pilpay
J.F. & C. Rivington and others
(1789)
7.00 x 4.50 x 1.00 in
Estimate
₹ 1,50,000 -
₹ 2,00,000
PROVENANCE
Private Collection
CATALOGUE NOTES NON EXPORTABLE ITEM Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, S. Bladon, G. and T. Wilkie, and B. Collins 21 engraved prints. Pilpay was an Indian philosopher, also known as Bidpai, and a storyteller of the Panchatantra The western world came to know of this famous philosopher as Dabschelim. These stories were said to be principles and guided him in his administration through the stories of birds and animals.