"A Description of Two Additional Crania of the Engé-ena, (Troglodytes gorilla, Savage,) from Gabon, Africa." Read before the Boston Society of Natural History, October 3d, 1849. With: "Notice of the Cranium of the Ne-hoo-le, a New Species of Manatee, (Manatus nasutus) from W. Africa." Read before the Boston Society of Natural History, November 7th, 1849. From the American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series, Vol. IX, [1850, pp. 34-47]. INSCRIBED BY JEFFRIES WYMAN.

WYMAN, Jeffries

Published by 1850.

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15 pp, with 1 text figure. Original plain wrappers. Stitched as issued. Creases across upper corner of wrappers and text. Very Good. First Separate Printing. INSCRIBED BY JEFFRIES WYMAN (on the front wrapper): "Dr. D. H. Storer/ with the regards/ of J. W." The recipient was David Humphreys Storer M.D. With ink corrections on pp. 7 and 10 (see photos). The same ink corrections are in the digitization of the copy in the National Library of Medicine, and presumably are by Jeffries Wyman. This is the second publication by Jeffries Wyman on the gorilla. His first publication, with Thomas S. Savage, appeared in 1847 and was the first scientific publication about the gorilla. Seller Inventory # 17275

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Title: "A Description of Two Additional Crania of ...

Publisher: 1850.

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition