To J. de C. Sowerby 8 July [1850]1
Down Farnborough Kent
July 8th
My dear Sir
I am heartily glad to get the arranged Plates, & I trust now you will make some good progress.— I like the arrangement much: do not reduce the figures of any of the species too much for the sake of crowding them together, but of course I do not wish to cause useless expense for the Society.—2 ⟨ ⟩
I think it wd. certainly be better to have, (if convenient) all of S. maximus on one Plate.3 Please observe I mean now provisionally to treat S. maximus var lineatum, as a distinct species, & it must be figured with that [ … ] (scutum) lately sent to you by Post, but which you do not acknowledge. This S. lineatum had better go near to S. hastatum.4 ⟨ ⟩
I am particularly glad that you have introduced all the foreign species.—5
NB. ☝ Please to get me drawings for (3) Woodcuts done first as their cutting will otherwise delay my going to Press with the first sheets: when done please send them here by Post with my rough drawings.—6
I thank you much for your progress, & do pray advance as quickly as you can: I shall be most anxious to see first Proof Plate.—
Your’s sincerely, | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Fossil Cirripedia (1851): A monograph on the fossil Lepadidæ, or, pedunculated cirripedes of Great Britain. By Charles Darwin. London: Palaeontographical Society. 1851.
Summary
Has received plates. Gives instructions for scale and arrangement of engravings.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1343
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James de Carle Sowerby
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (17 June 2010)
- Physical description
- ALS ** 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1343,” accessed on 31 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1343.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement) and 4