From John Murray 23 September 1861
50A. Albemarle Street, London, W.
Septr 23 1861
My Dear Sir
I have considered attentively your very obliging & considerate note touching the publication of a little Vol. originally intended for Linnæan-Transactions—on the Fertilization of Brit. Orchids by Insects.1 I have no hesitation in offering to print & publish the work including Illustrations at my own sole cost & risque giving you one half of the profits of every Edition. On hearing from you I will insert the announcement on my next Quarterly List—2
I am | My Dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | John Murray
Charles Darwin Esq
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
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
Offers to publish Orchids, giving CD one-half of the profits of each edition.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3261
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171.3(1): 331
- Physical description
- ALS 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3261,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3261.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
