From R. F. Cooke 7 February 1874
50A, Albemarle Street, London. W.
Feby 7 1874
My dear Sir
We want to find the original woodcuts to the “Voyage of a Naturalist” for the sake of taking Electros for M Reinwald & we cannot do so, with the exception of 4 cuts which we find here.1
There are 14 in all.
It occurs to us, that perhaps they have been used in some of your more recent works, may I ask if you can assist us.
Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke
C. Darwin Esq
I think the 1st. Election at the Atheneum is Monday 16th.2
Footnotes
Bibliography
Barbier, Edmond, trans. 1875. Voyage d’un naturaliste autour du monde: fait à bord du navire le Beagle de 1832 à 1836. By Charles Darwin. (Translation of Journal of researches.) Paris: Reinwald.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Journal of researches 2d ed.: Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845.
Summary
Asks CD’s help in finding original woodcuts for "Voyage of a naturalist" [Journal of researches] for Reinwald.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9271
- From
- Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50a
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 438
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9271,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9271.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22