To Williams & Norgate 1 November [1877–9?]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Nov. 1st
Dear Sir
I shd. be particularly obliged if you would get sent by Post from Germany the following book, as I want it immediately.
“Dr. Frank—Die Natur: wagerechte Richtung von Pflanzentheilen &c” Leipzig 18702
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year range is conjectured from the fact that CD cited Frank 1870 in Movement in plants, which was published in 1880; he began work on the manuscript in July 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’, Correspondence vol. 25, Appendix II). Williams & Norgate were CD’s regular booksellers.
There is an annotated copy of Albert Bernhard Frank’s Die natürliche wagerechte Richtung von Pflanzentheilen (The natural horizontal direction of the parts of plants; Frank 1870) in the Darwin Library–CUL.
Bibliography
Frank, Albert Bernhard. 1870. Die natürliche wagerechte Richtung von Pflanzentheilen und ihre Abhängigkeit vom Lichte und von der Gravitation. Leipzig: Weissbach.
Summary
Asks to be sent Dr Frank’s Die Natur: wagerechte Richtung von Pflanzentheilen.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10234F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Williams & Norgate
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (November 2005)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10234F,” accessed on
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