Orang-Outang, sive homo sylvestris; or, the anatomie 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.
London: Printed for Thomas Bennet … and Daniel Brown … and are to be had of Mr. Hunt at the Repository in Gresham-College, 1699. First edition, and a fine, tall copy, of “Tyson’s anatomy of the ‘Orang-outang’ (actually a young chimpanzee), which was the first work to demonstrate scientifically the..... More
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