To Édouard Heckel 31 December 1876
[Down.]
[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
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