To J. V. Carus 11 October [1870]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Oct 11th.
My dear Sir
I send by this post the four first sheets of my book.2
Mr. Murray charges £14 for 64 stereotypes, & this I think is very reasonable as the cost of casting is £7 & the profit £7. Your publisher if he thinks fit, had better communicate direct with Mr. Murray of Albemarle St.3 Please to observe that I give 14 handsome woodcuts from Brehm of which I cannot supply copies.4 These are not indispensable but it would be a pity if they were omitted. I enclose a list.5 Your publisher might negociate for stereotypes of these from the publisher of Brehm’s Thierleben
My dear Sir, yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Sends first four sheets [of Descent]. Murray charges £14 for the 64 stereotypes.
Cannot supply copies of woodcuts from Brehm’s Illustrirtes Thierleben [1864–9]. Hopes JVC’s publisher will be able to arrange to include them.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7340
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Julius Victor Carus
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 18)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7340,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7340.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
