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From Milan Radovanović   17 September 1874

Belgrad

September 17, 1874

Sir,

I have the pleasure to acquaint you that I have translated into Serbian your work: ‘The origine of Species’, and take the liberty, Sir, of asking you would be so kind as to authorise me to the publication of my Serbian translation.1

With the highest respect I remain | Your most humble servant | Milan M. Radovanowič.

Adresse: | M. M. R. | Wračar No. 4. Belgrad (Serbien).

Footnotes

The Serbian translation of Origin was published in 1878 (Radovanović trans. 1878). See letter from Marinko Radovanović, 30 August 1878 (Calendar 11681).

Bibliography

Calendar: A calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994.

Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.

Summary

Has translated Origin into Serbian and wants CD’s authorisation to publish.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9643
From
Milan Marinković (Milan) Radovanović
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Belgrade
Source of text
DAR 176: 2
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9643,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9643.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22

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