From Walter White 26 October 1857
The Royal Society, | Burlington House, | W.
Oct 26 1857
Dear Sir
At page 688 of the “abominable” catalogue you will find Encyclopaedias.1
Do you mention the “Dict. raisonnée universel—1746–93—” as being in our Library?2 I can’t find it in the Catalogue.
We have two works by Seringe, but not the “Flore des Jardins.”3
We have Hooper’s Dictionary of Medicine—;4 there is a department of “Medicine” in the Encyclopédie Méthodique—5 we have also “Dictionnaire de Medicine et de Chirurgie &c by Andral & others: 15 Vols.6
I can send the other books named in your List: but pardon my saying that I do not understand what this means. Vol II & IV, if in Library. Edited by Bomare7
Yrs very respectfully | W. White C. Darwin Esq
Mr Weld is confined to bed by a weakening attack of fever.
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Bibliography
Andral, Gabriel et al. 1829–35. Dictionnaire de médicine et de chirurgie pratiques. 15 vols. Paris.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Hooper, Robert. 1831. Lexicon medicum; or medical dictionary. 6th ed. London.
Lucas, Prosper. 1847–50. Traité philosophique et physiologique de l’hérédité naturelle dans les états de santé et de maladie du système nerveux: avec l’application méthodique des lois de la procréation au traitement général des affections dont elle est le principe. 2 vols. Paris: J. B. Baillière.
Natural selection: Charles Darwin’s Natural selection: being the second part of his big species book written from 1856 to 1858. Edited by R. C. Stauffer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1975.
Osbeck, Per. 1771. A voyage to China and the East Indies … Translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster. 2 vols. London.
Royal Society of London. 1839. Catalogue of the scientific books in the library of the Royal Society. London.
Seringe, Nicolas Charles. 1845–9. Flore des jardins et des grandes cultures. 3 vols. Paris and Lyon.
Vicq d’Azyr, Félix. 1787–1830. Médicine. 13 vols. In Encyclopédie methodique. 190 vols. Paris.
Summary
Writes concerning library books requested by CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2159
- From
- Walter White
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Royal Society
- Source of text
- DAR 261.11: 19 (EH 88206071)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2159,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2159.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6
