To G. B. Ercolani 14 April 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
April 14th 1880
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for the honour which you have done me by presenting me with great work on the Placenta. The relations of its structure to the classification of the mammalia has always seemed to me a very interesting subject, & I see that it is discussed by you.—1
With the greatest respect, | I remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Ercolani, Giovanni Battista. 1880. Nuove ricerche sulla placenta nei pesci cartilaginosi e nei mammiferi e delle sue applicazioni alla tassonomia zoologica e all’antropogenia. Bologna: Gamberini e Parmeggiani.
Summary
Thanks GBE for his great work on the placenta [Nuove ricerche sulla placenta nei pesci cartilaginosi e ne mammiferi (1880)]. The relationship between placental structure and mammalian classification has always seemed interesting to CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12575
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Giovanni Battista Ercolani
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Biblioteca Comunale dell’Archiginnasio, Bologna (Collezione degli autografi, XXIII, 6543)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12575,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12575.xml