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 : wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkeys, and not men, as formerly pretended / by Edward Tyson ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708.

Contributor:

Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pygmies--Early works to 1800.

Pygmies.

Anatomy, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 parts (10 unnumbered pages, 108 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 58 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded))) : illustrations

Other Title:

Orang-outang.

Homo sylvestris.

Philological essay concerning pygmies.

Anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape and a man.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Thomas Bennet ... and Daniel Brown ... and are to be had of Mr. Hunt ..., 1699.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"A philological essay concerning pygmies" has special t.p. and separate pagination.

Plates signed: M. Vander Gucht.

First edition Cf. BM. Later published as: The anatomy of a pygmy. London, 1751.

Part 1: plates (figures) 1-2 are missing in filmed copy. Pages 94-end of part 1 photographed from Huntington Library copy and inserted at end.

Reproduction of original in Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 299:12, 2067:37) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing T3598

Arber's Term cat. III 137

Osler, W. Bib. Osleriana 375

Wing T3598A

OCLC:

12494895

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