To Friedrich Hildebrand 17 July [1862]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
July 17th
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your kind note & offer of aid in the translation of my work on Orchids.2 But I have heard from Mess. Schweizerbart of Stuttgart that the late lamented Prof. Bronn had finished the translation together with some additional notes which I had sent him.3 How Mes. Schweizerbart intend to get the proof-sheets corrected, I do not know.
I have not yet received, but hope I shall soon, the work on the Distribution of Coniferous Trees, which you have kindly sent me;4 I have no doubt it will interest me, as few subjects are so interesting as Geographical Distribution of Plants.—
Pray present my most respectful compliments to Prof. Treviranus: the notes which he spoke of appending to my little work, would have added greatly to its value.—5
I beg you to accept my sincere thanks for your very kind offer & I remain | Dear Sir | Yours truly obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correns, C. 1916. Friedrich Hildebrand. Berichte der deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft 34 (pt 2): 28–49.
Hildebrand, Friedrich. 1861. Die Verbreitung der Coniferen in der Jetztzeit und in den früheren geologischen Perioden. Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens 18: 199–384.
Summary
Thanks for Hildebrand’s offer to translate Orchids into German, but H. G. Bronn had finished his translation before his death (Bronn trans. 1862). Has not yet received Hildebrand’s work on the distribution of coniferous trees (Hildebrand 1861). Asks that his compliments be presented to L. C. Treviranus.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3660F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Courtesy of Eilo Hildebrand (photocopy) (Original, previously owned by Klaus Groove, sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018.)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3660F,” accessed on 21 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3660F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)