Lot 472
Tyson, Edward,. SALEROOM NOTICE, Defective, 2nd work lacks parts 1 and 2
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris, or the anatomy of a pygmie... London: for Thomas Bennet, 1699. First edition, 4to, 2 parts in one volume, [10] blank [4] 108; [2] 58, [bound with] The anatomy of a pygmy... London: for T. Osborne, 1751. Second edition, 4to, [2] 78, 16 folding plates [8 part of second edition, other 8 bound at rear], library stamps to title, later calf, rubbed at edges, later endpapers, foxing
Footnote
Note: First item, Wing T3598
First edition of the Tyson's ground breaking work on comparative morphology. An anatomical study of the orang-outang (actually a young chimpanzee) was the first to demonstrate scientifically the structural relationships between man and anthropoid ape.