The Earliest English Version of the Fables of Bidpai, "The Morall Philosophie of Doni"

Various artists/makers

1888

Not on view

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Title: The Earliest English Version of the Fables of Bidpai, "The Morall Philosophie of Doni"
Author: Sir Thomas North (British, 1535–ca. 1601)
Editor: Edited and introduced by Joseph Jacobs (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1854–1916 New Rochelle, New York)
Publisher: David Nutt (London)
Printer: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. (Edinburgh and London)
Published in: London
Date: 1888
Medium: Illustrations: heliographs, photomechanical reproductions of drawings, and woodcuts
Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 5 1/2 in. (20.2 x 14 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1970
Object Number: 1970.549.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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