Tess An Educated Chimpanzee
New York - Akron, O. - Chicago: Saalfield, 1900. child. Hardcover. 8vo., pp.38, cloth covers w/blind stamped illus of a chimp, illustrated with photographs. Four pages publishers ads at rear. -- Head and heel of spine and corners have wear. Binding a little soiled (mostly on the back cover). -- "1 edition published in 1900 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide."-world catalog. -- Overall Condition. Good +. Item #10383
"This children’s book, containing many photographs, is an account of an early experiment in the training and education of a “monkey who wore dresses, played with dolls, set at the table to eat, rode a bicycle and did hundreds of amusing things”. The book was listed in Saalfield Publishing’s Christmas Book List in 1900 and was offered for sale for 50 cents. Buhre’s account, although describing Tess with affection, reflects some of the less enlightened ideas of her time on primate well-being".-onprcrarebookcollection. -- An interesting account of the capture in the wilds of Africa, the return to America, how Tess was trained, and her many cunning ways.
Price: $95.00