From R. F. Cooke 27 July 1872
50, Albemarle St. London | W.
July 27. 1872
My dear Sir
By the enclosed note as well as from a call we have received from Dr. W. Kowalevsky, I suppose you have been in communication with your foreign translators respecting your new work.1
I have also seen Mr McLeod of the Heliotype company.2 You must kindly let us know your wishes, respecting all these.
I told Mr McLeod, to certainly print off 1500 sets of the plates to begin our edition with. But he wishes to know how many will be wanted for America & the Continent.!!!?
Let us know, if we are to order sets of the Electros from the woodcuts (Clowes) & how many.3
Again as to proofsheets who is to have them & how soon? We shall not publish I presume before our Annual Trade Sale (Nov?) & we must bind the translators down not to publish before hand.
I suppose you are at home & I hope in good health. Mr Murray is in Scotland.
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
Chas. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Twyman, Michael. 1998. The British Library guide to printing: history and techniques. London: British Library.
Summary
Foreign translations, illustrations, and other arrangements for Expression. Foreign publishers must be bound not to publish before the English edition is out.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8430
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 410
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8430,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8430.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20