From R. F. Cooke 5 November 1880
Albemarle St.
Nov 5. 1880
There were about 600 Movements of Plants counted rapidly this evening, which will start us well1
R Cooke
CD annotations
On back of postcard: ‘50£ | Index | Cut. Copies | 250 Copies | M. | 700 gone | (Separate notices in Nature)’2 pencil; square brackets in ms
Footnotes
The copies of Movement in plants were sold at John Murray’s annual dinner for booksellers on 6 November 1880 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
CD’s annotations are notes for his reply of 8 November [1880].
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Six hundred copies of Movement in plants were wanted [at Murray’s annual sale] – a good start.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12798
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 511
- Physical description
- ApcS †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12798,” accessed on
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