From Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár 28 April 1878
Kaiserlich-Königliche | Geologische Reichsanstalt | III., Rasumoffskygasse 3. | Vienna,
April 28th. | 1878.
Dear Sir!
I have taken the liberty, to send to your adress, by book post, some of my former paleontological publications, and the first part of my book, in course of publication, on the Geology of Southern Tyrol.1 This book intends to demonstrate the structure and extension of the Coral Reefs of the Triassic Period. In the first Chapter I tried to show the way, which the paleontological-geological inquiry has to go, in the mind of Your Theory, and to elucidate the true nature of the “imperfection of the Geological Record”.2 I would feel very much honoured, and greatly rewarded for my trouble, if You would be kind enough, to communicate to me in a few lines Your views on this Essay.
With the highest respect, I remain, | dear Sir, | Your | obedient servant | Dr. Edm. von Mojsisovics | [Mojsisovics]3
Charles Darwin, Esq. | Down, Beckenham.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, Edmund. 1873–5. Das Gebirge um Hallstatt. Part 1. Die Molluskenfaunen der Zlambach- und Hallstätter Schichten. 2 vols. Vienna: K. K. Geologische Reichsanstalt.
Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, Edmund. 1878–9. Die Dolomit-Riffe von Südtirol und Venetien: Beiträge zur Bildungsgeschichte der Alpen. Wien: Alfred Hölder.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
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.
Summary
Sends the first part [of Die Dolomit-Riffe von Südtirol und Venetien (1878–9)], which explains the coral reefs of the Triassic in terms of CD’s theory and discusses the imperfection of the geological record.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11487
- From
- Johann August Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics von Mojsvár
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Geologische Reichsanstalt, Vienna
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 226
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11487,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11487.xml