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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.

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

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Description
6 p.l., 108 p., 1 l., 58 p. 8 fold. pl.; 29 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "The ape was a chimpanzee from Africa, and not a true orang-outang."-- Dictionary of national biography.
Call Number
QBI (Tyson, E. Orang-Outang, sive homo sylvestris)
LCCN
35035149 //r86
OCLC
14240740
Author
Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708.
Title
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 ...
Imprint
London, Printed for T. Bennet and D. Brown, and are to be had of Mr. Hunt, M DC XCIX.
Research Call Number
QBI (Tyson, E. Orang-Outang, sive homo sylvestris)
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