[TYSON, EDWARD]. 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. London: David Nutt, MDCCCXCIV. [1894].
NEW EDITION, limited to five hundred and fifty copies. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (20 x 13 x 2.5 cm); pp. civ, 103. English text. Handsomely rebound in half calf; spine in compartments with gilt bands and black morocco lettering-piece; marbled paper-covered boards; fore and bottom edges remain untrimmed (uncut) as issued; half-title [with series: 'Bibliotheque de Carabas. Vol. IX.']; printed footnotes. Condition: NEAR FINE. The binding is remarkably tight, square, and structurally secure. Exterior boards and spine are exceptionally well-preserved with minimal wear. Text block is clean and bright, free of previous owner inscriptions, signatures, or bookplates, with trivial, faint, and intermittent foxing, largely confined to the margins.
Notes: An exceptional, well-preserved copy of David Nutt’s coveted 1894 reprint. This volume pairs the groundbreaking 1699 comparative anatomy text by physician Edward Tyson with an extensive 104-page introductory study by Bertram Windle. Windle masterfully bridges early scientific observation with folklore, mythology, and the origins of fairy tales.
