From Tiberius Cornelis Winkler1 7 July 1861
Monsieur!
Mon mémoire sur les Poissons fossiles d’Oeningen, couronné par la société hollandaise des sciences à Harlem, ayant paru, je désire vivement vous témoigner, par l’envoi d’un exemplaire de cet ouvrage, le respect que m’inspirent vos travaux scientifiques.2 De l’un de ces illustres travaux, de votre “Origin of species”, j’ai eu l’honneur de faire la traduction hollandaise.3 Je profite de l’occasion qui m’est fournie par l’obligeance de Sir Charles Lyell, de vous offrir en même temps un exemplaire de cette traduction.4 Je prends la liberté de vous prier de vouloir bien me faire savoir si ces deux ouvrages sont parvenus dans vos mains.
Agréez, Monsieur, l’assurance de ma considération très distinguée.
T. C. Winkler
Harlem 7 Juillet 1861
A Monsieur Charles Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Winkler, Tiberius Cornelius. 1861. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de poissons fossiles des calcaires d’eau douce d’Oeningen. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 14 (1861): 1–64.
Translation
From Tiberius Cornelis Winkler1 7 July 1861
Sir!
My dissertation on the fossil fish of Oeningen, which received an award from the Dutch Society of Sciences in Harlem, has been published, and I hope the dispatch to you of a copy of this piece will convince you of the respect inspired in me by your scientific works.2 I have had the honour of doing the Dutch translation of one of your illustrious works, your “Origin of Species”,3 and I am taking advantage of Sir Charles Lyell’s kindness to offer you a copy of that translation as well.4 I take the liberty of asking you kindly to let me know if these two works have arrived in your hands.
Accept, Sir, the assurance of my very highest esteem | T. C. Winkler
Harlem 7 July 1861
To Mr Charles Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Winkler, Tiberius Cornelius. 1861. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de poissons fossiles des calcaires d’eau douce d’Oeningen. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 14 (1861): 1–64.
Summary
Sends his article ["Quelques nouvelles espèces de poissons fossiles", Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem 2d ser. 14 (1861)]
and Dutch translation of the Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3202
- From
- Tiberius Cornelius Winkler
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Harlem
- Source of text
- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.117/6084)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p (French)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3202,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3202.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
