A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients by Edward Tyson
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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_ M.D. Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians, and the Royal Society: Physician to the Hospital of _Bethlem_, and Reader of Anatomy at _Chirurgeons-Hall_. _LONDON_: Printed for _Thomas Bennet_ at the _Half-Moon in St. Paul's_ Church-yard; and _Daniel Brown_ at the _Black Swan_ and _Bible_ without _Temple-Bar_ and are to be had of Mr. _Hunt_ at the _Repository_ in _Gresham-Colledge_. M DC XCIX. It bears the authority of the Royal Society:-- 17° _Die Maij_, 1699. Imprimatur Liber cui Titulus, _Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris,_ &c. Authore _Edvardo Tyson_, M.D. R.S.S. JOHN HOSKINS, _V.P.R.S_. The Pygmy described in this work was, as a matter of fact, a chimpanzee, |
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