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 spinges of the ancients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkeys, and not men, as formerly pretended / By Edward Tyson.

  • Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708.
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M DC XCIX
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London : Printed for T. Bennet and D. Brown, and are to be had of Mr. Hunt, M DC XCIX.

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108 pages, 1 leaf, 58 pages, 8 engr. folded plates ; (4to)

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"The ape was a chimpanzee from Africa, and not a true orang-outang"-- Dictionary of national biography

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Wing T3598
ESTC R23265
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), T3596A
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), T3598A

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