To Jacob Moleschott [2 December 1877]1
Down, | Beckenham Kent | Railway Station Orpington S.E.R.
Dear Sir,
I am much obliged for the honour which you have done me in sending me your “Der Kreislauf des Lebens”.2 I feel the honour the more as your name has been familiar to me for many years.
With much respect | I remain dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The date is given in the printed source.
CD’s copy of volume 1 of the fifth edition of Der Kreislauf des Lebens (The cycle of life; Moleschott 1877) is in the Darwin Library–Down.
Bibliography
Moleschott, Jacob. 1877. Der Kreislauf des Lebens. Vol. 1. 5th edition. Mainz: V. von Zabern.
Summary
Is obliged to JAWM for the honour done in sending CD his Der Kreislauf des Lebens (1877).
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11267A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Jacobus Albertus Willebrordus (Jacob) Moleschott
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Laage 1980, p. 106
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11267A,” accessed on 26 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11267A.xml
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