From F. A. Nussbaumer and Rudolf Hoernes 4 December 1872
Acad. Verein | der Naturhistoriker | Wien
Honoured Sir!
The committe appointed by the academical Verein der Naturhistoriker of the University in Vienna has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your valuable works.1 The committe at the sametime desire to express their full appreciation of the distinction thus accorded to them and to record their warmest thanks for this very important addition to their library.
In conclusion they venture to express the hope, that You will continue Your good will and sympathy to the young society,2 which now rejoices in such an unequivocal proov of Your favour.
Again thanking You for Your kindness they beg to offer You the expression of their highest consideration and respect and are honoured Sir
Your faithfully | for the committe
the vice president the president R. Hörnes F Nussbaumer3
Vienna 4. 12. 1872
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Thanks for copies of CD’s works.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8679
- From
- Fidelis Alois Nussbaumer; Rudolf Hoernes
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Vienna
- Source of text
- DAR 181: 96
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8679,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8679.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
