To John Murray 9 April [1862]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
April 9th
My dear Sir
The enclosed slip has apparently been sent to me by you by mistake.1
Thanks for your note.2 You are bold man to print 1500 copies, & I hope to Heaven you will not repent it.—3 I shall want about 50 copies for myself.—4
Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
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
JM is a bold man to print 1500 copies [of Orchids].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3501
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 116–117)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3501,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3501.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10
