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TYSON, Edward (1650-1708). Orang-Outang, sive homo sylvestris: Or, The Anatomy of a Pygmie compared with that of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man. London: for Thomas Bennet and Daniel Brown, 1699. 4° (288 x 224mm). 8 folding engraved plates after William Cowper by Michael Vander Gucht (lacking imprimatur leaf, supplied in facsimile, some light browning and spotting throughout, most plates with very light marginal waterstaining and small marginal stain, one plate with short clean tear at fold). Old boards (rebacked and recornered in 20th-century calf). Provenance: University College London Library (small stamp on verso of title and bottom of final leaf of text).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST IMPORTANT WORK ON COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY. Tyson established the connection of anthropoid apes between man and monkey, the first formulation of the idea of the "missing link", which was more fully explored by the works of Huxley and Darwin in the 19th century. The "typical pygmy" which Tyson placed between man and monkey was in fact an African chimpanzee. Garrison & Morton 153; Krivatsy 12028; Norman 2120; PMM 169; Wing T3598.
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST IMPORTANT WORK ON COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY. Tyson established the connection of anthropoid apes between man and monkey, the first formulation of the idea of the "missing link", which was more fully explored by the works of Huxley and Darwin in the 19th century. The "typical pygmy" which Tyson placed between man and monkey was in fact an African chimpanzee. Garrison & Morton 153; Krivatsy 12028; Norman 2120; PMM 169; Wing T3598.
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