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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Édouard Heckel   31 December 1876

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[Darwin states that he would be honoured to have his book translated by Heckel and has written to the publisher Reinwald who ensured the translations of his other books. He is sure that the notes provided by Heckel will add to the interest of the book and he would like to read them.]1

Footnotes

The date is given in the sale catalogue. See Correspondence vol. 24, letter from E. M. Heckel, 27 December 1876. Heckel translated Cross and self fertilisation into French (Heckel trans. 1877). CD’s letter to Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald has not been found.

Bibliography

Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.

Heckel, Édouard, trans. 1877. Des effets de la fécondation croisée et de la fécondation directe dans le règne végétal. By Charles Darwin. (French translation of Cross and self fertilisation.) Paris: C. Reinwald.

Summary

Would be honoured to have Cross and self fertilisation translated into French by EH; he has written to his French publisher, Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald.

EH’s notes will add interest and he would like to read them.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10739F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Aguttes (dealers) An Aristophil sale (17 November 2019, lot 43)
Physical description
LS inc

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10739F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10739F.xml

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