The anatomy of a pygmy compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man
Subtitle: 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
By: Being the works of Edward Tyson, M.D. F.R.S. Adorn'd with copper-plates, engraved by M. Vander Gucht
Contributors: Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, illustrator; Burghers, Michael, 1647 or 1648-1727, illustrator
Publisher: Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn
Published: 1751
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Pan troglodytes; Comparative Anatomy; Chimpanzees; Crotalus; Swine
Notes: 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.

ESTC (RLIN) T102032.

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

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).