The anatomy of a pygmy compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man. : With an essay concerning the Pygmies, &c. of the antients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkies, and not men, as formerly pretended. To which is added, The anatomy and description of a rattlesnake : Also of the musk-hog. With a discourse upon the jointed and round-worm. And two letters concerning a monstrous birth, and preternatural conception : With reflections thereon. The second edition. / Being the works of Edward Tyson, M.D. F.R.S. Adorn'd with copper-plates, engraved by M. Vander Gucht.

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The anatomy of a pygmy compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man. : With an essay concerning the Pygmies, &c. of the antients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkies, and not men, as formerly pretended. To which is added, The anatomy and description of a rattlesnake : Also of the musk-hog. With a discourse upon the jointed and round-worm. And two letters concerning a monstrous birth, and preternatural conception : With reflections thereon. The second edition. / Being the works of Edward Tyson, M.D. F.R.S. Adorn'd with copper-plates, engraved by M. Vander Gucht. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1751.

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16 unnumbered pages, 108 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 58, 78 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 4to (28 cm)

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Originally published as Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris (London, 1699).
"This edition would seem to be made up of the sheets of the 1699 issue with a new title and the addition of 78 p., 8 plates."--Russell.
With an initial imprimatur leaf and a final advertisement leaf.
A majority of the plates signed Michael Burghers.
Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Med. Soc. Lond. Imperfect: lacks all before p. 23 of pt. 1 (except title page, which is bound between pts. 2 and 3); lacks all but 6 plates (lacks all plates from pt. 1).

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ESTC (RLIN) T102032
Russell, K.F. British anatomy (2nd ed.) 826

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