A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients. Now Edited, with an Introduction Treating of Pigmy Races and Fairy Tales, by Bertram C. A. Windle, D.Sc., M.D., M.A., Trinity College, Dublin; Dean of the Medical Faculty and Professor of Anatomy, Mason College, Birmigham. Edward TYSON, B. C. A. WINDLE, indroduction.

A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients. Now Edited, with an Introduction Treating of Pigmy Races and Fairy Tales, by Bertram C. A. Windle, D.Sc., M.D., M.A., Trinity College, Dublin; Dean of the Medical Faculty and Professor of Anatomy, Mason College, Birmigham.

London: David Nutt, 1894. [Comparative Anatomy] LIMITED NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.civ; 103; [1]. One of 550 copies. Publisher's card covers, with cream paper dust-jacket with titles to spine and front cover, together with an illustration. All edges untrimmed. Some spotting and dustiness to edges. Archival backing applied to reverse of the jacket at the spine. Wrapper toned with some marks, rubbed and chipped to edges, partial splits along spine folds. Very good. Bibliotheque de Carabas volume IX, containing an extensive introduction discussing the mythological impact of Tyson's work on the comparative anatomy of Humans, Chimpanzees, and other monkeys and apes. Item #50062

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