To Axel Key 20 December 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Dec.r. 20th 1877
Dear Sir
I can not too strongly express my thanks for the very handsome present of your work on the nervous system, which you & Prof. Retzius have been so kind as to give me.1 I look at this present as a very great honour. The book is by far the most magnificent one which I have ever seen on anatomy & histology. The labour bestowed on the beautiful Plates alone must have been unparalleled.2
With the greatest respect & cordial thanks, I remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Expresses his gratitude and admiration for AK’s and M. G. Retzius’s Studien in der Anatomie des Nervensystems und des Bindegewebes (2 vols. 1875–6).
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11284A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Axel Henrik (Axel) Key
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Centrum för vetenskapshistoria, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien (Gustaf Retzius arkiv, Inbundna serien, Engelsmän I, s 34)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11284A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11284A.xml