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Darwin Correspondence Project

To G. B. Ercolani   14 April 1880

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

April 14th 1880

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for the honour which you have done me by presenting me with great work on the Placenta. The relations of its structure to the classification of the mammalia has always seemed to me a very interesting subject, & I see that it is discussed by you.—1

With the greatest respect, | I remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

Ercolani had sent a copy of his work comparing the mammalian placenta with that of cartilaginous fishes and applying the results to taxonomy (Ercolani 1880). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL.

Bibliography

Ercolani, Giovanni Battista. 1880. Nuove ricerche sulla placenta nei pesci cartilaginosi e nei mammiferi e delle sue applicazioni alla tassonomia zoologica e all’antropogenia. Bologna: Gamberini e Parmeggiani.

Summary

Thanks GBE for his great work on the placenta [Nuove ricerche sulla placenta nei pesci cartilaginosi e ne mammiferi (1880)]. The relationship between placental structure and mammalian classification has always seemed interesting to CD.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12575
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Giovanni Battista Ercolani
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Biblioteca Comunale dell’Archiginnasio, Bologna (Collezione degli autografi, XXIII, 6543)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12575,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12575.xml

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