To J. A. H. de Bosquet 13 August [1854]
Down Farnborough Kent
Augt. 13th.
Dear Sir
I received the day before yesterday your most kind present of your two valuable volumes.—1 I congratulate you on their final publication; their illustrations are really admirable, & the infinite labour which you must have bestowed on the subject is worthy of all praise.— I was interested by your remarks on the geological distribution of the Entomostraca.—2
I too have finished some weeks ago my volume,3 but when it will be actually published depends on the Ray Society.—4 As soon as I get copies, I will do myself the pleasure of sending you one.5
With every good wish for success in your scientific pursuits, & with very sincere respect, I beg to remain | Dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Chas. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bosquet, Joseph Augustin Hubert de. 1852. Description des Entomostracés fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la France et de la Belgique. Brussels.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Living Cirripedia (1851): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851.
Living Cirripedia (1854): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidæ (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1854.
Summary
Thanks JAHdeB for his present of two volumes [Description des Entomostracés fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la France et de la Belgique (1852) and "Les Crustacés fossiles du Limbourg" (1854)]. CD was interested in the remarks on geographical distribution of the Entomostraca.
CD’s second volume for the Ray Society [Living Cirripedia] is finished but not yet published.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1578
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Augustin Hubert de Bosquet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lucy T. Eisenberg (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1578,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1578.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
