From R. F. Cooke 25 October 1875
50A, Albemarle Street, London. W.
Octr. 25 1875
My dear Sir
The Stereotype plates of “Climbing Plants” were sent off to Appleton’s agent, on the 16th.1
We will at once send out yr copies & the Press copies of the work & shall issue it to the Booksellers about the 10th. of November.2
Yes, the “Orchids” is enquired for & I have no doubt a new edition revised would be desirable & would move off quicker than the last edition because we shall be able to advertise an Uniform edition then of your works.3
You say nothing as to the proposed prices of Climbing Plants 6/– & Variations 18/– but I suppose “silence means assent”.4
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
Chas. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Summary
Stereotype plates of Climbing plants sent to D. Appleton’s agent.
A revised edition of Orchids would be desirable.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10224
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 476
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10224,” accessed on 8 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10224.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
