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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Eduard Suess   11 August 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Aug. 11/75

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for the honour you have done me in so kindly presenting me with a copy of your “Entstehung der Alpen”1

With much respect I beg leave to remain | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

CD’s copy of Die Entstehung der Alpen (The formation of the Alps; Suess 1875) has not been found.

Bibliography

Suess, Eduard. 1875. Die Entstehung der Alpen. Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller.

Summary

Thanks for a copy of Suess 1875.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10115F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Eduard Suess
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Archive of the University of Vienna (Eduard Suess papers 131.103.2.1.26 photocopy), original in a private collection, 1991
Physical description
LS 1p photocopy

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10115F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10115F.xml

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