From Armand de Quatrefages1 10 November 1866
Paris
10 9bre. 662
Monsieur et cher confrère
MM Williams et Norgate libr. sont chargés de vous faire parvenir un exemplaire de mon Histoire des Annélides (fig. col.)3 Si mon livre tardait trop a vous arriver, Soyez assez bon pour le faire reclamer. Cet ouvrage m’a couté bien de la peine car je ne sais pas d’animaux plus pénibles à déterminer que les Annélides et j’ai mis tout mon soin a être exact. Accueillez le comme bon souvenir de votre bien dévoué confrere qui desirerait fort faire votre connaissance personnelle | De Quatrefages
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Translation
From Armand de Quatrefages1 10 November 1866
Paris 10 November. 66 Dear Sir and Colleague, Messrs Williams and Norgate bksellr have been instructed to send you a copy of my History of the Annelids (fig. col.)2 If my book is too slow in reaching you, be so good as to make a request for it. This work has cost me a great deal of trouble, for I do not know of any animals that are more of a nuisance to classify than the Annelids and I have taken every care to be accurate. Receive it as a memento from your very devoted colleague who would so much like to meet you in person | De Quatrefages
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Sends his book [Histoire naturelle des annelés marins et d’eau douce, 2 vols. (1865)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5274
- From
- Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Paris
- Source of text
- DAR 175: 4
- Physical description
- ALS 1p (French)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5274,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5274.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14
