From John Murray 9 March [1871]1
50, Albemarle St. | W.
Mar. 9
Dear Mr Darwin
I am not surprised at the view you take of Mr Gerald Masseys offer—good easy man χρυσεα χαλκειωα εκατομβοια εννεαβοιωα I will take care to return his book. The system of extorting books from authors & publishers is carried too far.2
I am printing not 1500 but 2000 of your Book—as a Second Edition— It is still greatly in demand—but I cannot have copies of 2nd Edn. before Wedy next3
You shall have copies for yourself as before.4 I will make my Calculations of profits & cost as soon as possible. The latter being so small the former ought to be large—
My Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray
Chas Darwin Esqr
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
JM will print 2000 more copies of Descent as a second edition [issue]. Profits should be large as expenses are small.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7559
- From
- John Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Albemarle St, 50
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 391
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7559,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7559.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19