Narayana: Hasznos Tanitasok a Hitopadesa Meseibol

Title

en_US Narayana: Hasznos Tanitasok a Hitopadesa Meseibol

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: Hungarian

en_US Istvan Molnar

Creator

en_US Molnar, Istvan

Contributor

en_US Csillag, Vera

Date

2018-03-05T17:14:00Z

en_US 2017-08

en_US 1959

Date Available

2018-03-05T17:14:00Z

Date Issued

en_US 1959

Abstract

en_US One little regret in this visit to Budapest had to do with our location. Our Airbnb happened to be on a street with multiple antiquarian bookstores. I counted on them to be last stops before I joined the family for a last evening's entertainment. What I did not realize is that they all closed at 5 pm! Two had closed their doors and a third was doing so when I jumped in and, as I was asking if they might have fable books, I saw this little book lying on the counter. Perhaps the helpful woman at the cash register was then assured that I was a real cash-paying customer because she and associates gathered several books for me. This book, then, is not only a find in itself; it helped me find others. Its first unusual feature is that the cellophane-like dust-jacket or slipcover carries the title both on the cover -- which otherwise would have no title -- and as an additional title on the spine. The cover itself features a small colored illustration of the moon, an elephant, and a hare, repeated on 41. Each story then has a similar illustration, about 2¼" x 2½" on a separate page whose obverse has no print. Which of the bedroom stories has the scene on 13? On 55 there is another bedroom scene with a second male under the bed. The illustration on 67 is almost certainly for TT. The essay on 87 seems to outline the history, relating the Hitopadesa to the Panchatantra. As the T of C on 95 shows, there are here 14 stories. A beautiful little fifty-year-old book for less than $4!

Identifier

en_US 11236 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/117108

Language

en_US hun

Publisher

en_US Europa Konyvkiado

en_US Budapest, Hungary

Subject

en_US Hitopadesa

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole