Monkey-ana, or, Men in Miniature. London: F.G. Moon, 1827. Illustrated with engraved title-page and 24 engraved plates on india paper mounted to a larger sheet, contents leaf with additional engraved plate on india paper mounted as headpiece. Folio (439 x 298 mm). Later half morocco over marbled boards. Some plates with a sprinkling of spotting in the margins, but internally quite clean, covers detached and with some wear, spine absent. Large paper copy. Landseer presents his delightful anthropomorphic studies of monkeys as men in devolution some thirty years before Charles Darwin would assert the opposite. Should be seen.
Monkey-ana, or, Men in Miniature. London: F.G. Moon, 1827. Illustrated with engraved title-page and 24 engraved plates on india paper mounted to a larger sheet, contents leaf with additional engraved plate on india paper mounted as headpiece. Folio (439 x 298 mm). Later half morocco over marbled boards. Some plates with a sprinkling of spotting in the margins, but internally quite clean, covers detached and with some wear, spine absent. Large paper copy. Landseer presents his delightful anthropomorphic studies of monkeys as men in devolution some thirty years before Charles Darwin would assert the opposite. Should be seen.
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