From R. F. Cooke 16 July 1875
50A, Albemarle Street, London, W.
July 16 1875
My dear Sir
As you know we printed 1250 Copies of your new work to begin with & since then a reprint of 1000 copies, to be ready for the binder on Monday next, & when they are bound up lo & behold they are all bespoke.!!!1
We are therefore sending the work to press again with 750 Copies, making up in all 3000 Copies.
All of which we hope has your approval. Have you discovered any errors of the press.
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
Chas. Darwin Esq
Mudie’s Library took 100 & have come for 50 more so it is reading well2
Simpkin & Co subscribed for 250 & have now doubled their order3
Footnotes
Bibliography
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
Feather, John. 2006. A history of British publishing. 2d edition. London: Routledge.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
The second printing of 1000 copies [of Insectivorous plants] has sold out. Will print 750 more [3000 in all]. Mudie’s Library and Simpkin & Co. have ordered more copies.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10071
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 457
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10071,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10071.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
