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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Oswald Heer   28 February 1877

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Feb. 28. 1877

Dear Sir,

I thank you sincerely for your great kindness in having sent me your fine work on the Fossil Arctic Flora.1 It forms a valuable addition to the many similar gifts with which you have honoured me

Dear Sir | With my thanks & high respect | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

Heer evidently sent volume 4 of Flora fossilis arctica (Heer 1868–83), published in 1877; CD’s copies of volumes 3–6 are in the Darwin Library–CUL.

Bibliography

Heer, Oswald. 1868–83. Flora fossilis arctica. Die fossile flora der Polarländer. 7 vols. Zurich: J. Wurster & Comp.

Summary

Thanks for work on Fossil arctic flora.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10872F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Oswald Heer
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Landesarchiv des Kantons Glarus, Switzerland (Bestand Oswald Heer (1809–83) LAGL PA 22.A 1:14)
Physical description
LS

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10872F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10872F.xml

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