From C.-F. Reinwald 4 February 1874
Paris. | 15 Rue des Saints Pères
Febr 4th 1874.
Dear Sir
We duely received your kind letter of Jany. 19th. and have the honor to hand you herewith a cheque of £40.—on Joint Stock Bank in payment of Copyright for the second edition of the french translation of your Descent of Man (Descendance de l’Homme.)1
This second edition has been much improved by a total revision in the correctness and the style of late Mr. Moulinié’s first edition of the translation, by Mr. Edm. Barbier.2 We send you this day a copy of the 2 volumes of the 2d. edition by book post and hope they will safely reach you.
A few days ago we began printing Naturalist’s voyage on board of the Beagle, translated by the same Mr Barbier; and hope to proceed rapidly with it.3
More copies of “Descendance de l’Homm⟨e⟩” as well as of “Emotions”4 are at your disposa⟨l⟩
We remain, dear Sir, very respectfully | your most obedient | C Reinwald & Co
To Charles Darwin, Esq. Down.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Barbier, Edmond, trans. 1875. Voyage d’un naturaliste autour du monde: fait à bord du navire le Beagle de 1832 à 1836. By Charles Darwin. (Translation of Journal of researches.) Paris: Reinwald.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
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.
Journal of researches 2d ed.: Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845.
Moulinié, Jean Jacques, trans. 1873–4. La descendance de l’homme et la sélection sexuelle. By Charles Darwin. 2d French edition, revised by Edmond Barbier. Preface by Carl Vogt. 2 vols. Paris: C. Reinwald & Cie.
Pozzi, Samuel and Benoît, René, trans. 1874. L’expression des émotions chez l’homme et les animaux. By Charles Darwin. (French translation of Expression.) Paris: C. Reinwald et Cie.
Summary
Sends £40 for copyright to Édmond Barbier’s revision of Moulinié’s Descent translation.
Journal of researches translation is in press.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9265
- From
- Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Paris
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 102
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9265,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9265.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
