TYSON, EDWARD. Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris: or the Anatomy of a Pygmie compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man. To which is added, A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies, the Cynocephali, the Satyrs, and Sphinges of the Ancients. London, 1699. 8 engraved folding plates. 2 parts in one volume, 4to, 18th century panelled calf, rebacked, edges worn; lower inner margins of plates trimmed closely, some short tears; scattered light foxing. Sold not subject to return. FIRST EDITION. PMM 169.

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TYSON, EDWARD. Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris: or the Anatomy of a Pygmie compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man. To which is added, A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies, the Cynocephali, the Satyrs, and Sphinges of the Ancients. London, 1699. 8 engraved folding plates. 2 parts in one volume, 4to, 18th century panelled calf, rebacked, edges worn; lower inner margins of plates trimmed closely, some short tears; scattered light foxing. Sold not subject to return. FIRST EDITION. PMM 169.

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"It is the earliest important study in comparative morphology. Up to this time little was known of the higher anthropoid apes and their anatomy." -- PMM 169.

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