From R. F. Cooke 29 November 1877
50, Albemarle St. | W.
Nov. 29. 1877
My dear Sir
Although I wrote to you in the summer to ask if you had any corrections for the “Origin of Species” & said we proposed to print off 1000 No, we did not do so, as on consideration we thought it wd. be better to wait the result of our Trade Sale, as we had a certain number of copies in stock.1
Well having sold so many as 570 at the sale2 & the book keeping up its circulation so well, we think it better to print off at once 2000 rather than 1000. Of course the Title page will be altered accordingly.
As you propose to send some corrections shortly for Cross Fertilization after which we can stereotype & thus release the type—we will get Messrs. Clowes to keep up “Forms of Flowers” for the present.3
Your’s faithfully | Robt. Cooke
Footnotes
Bibliography
Murray, John. 1908–9. Darwin and his publisher. Science Progress in the Twentieth Century 3: 537–42.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Answers CD’s query about number of copies of Origin recently printed. Order to print 2000, rather than 1000, was given after JM’s annual sales showed demand was keeping up.
Cross and self-fertilisation will be stereotyped after CD’s corrections have been made.
Printer will be asked to keep type of Forms of flowers standing, for the present.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11260
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 496
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11260,” accessed on 21 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11260.xml
