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Darwin Correspondence Project

To ?   23 November 18811

Down, Beckenham, Kent

[…] I have some copies of some of my books from the library of my late brother,2 & I have much pleasure in sending three of them […] They consist of the Descent of ManVariation of Animals & Plants & my Journal of Researches3 […]

Footnotes

The date is supplied by the sale catalogue.
Erasmus Alvey Darwin had died on 26 August 1881 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
Descent, Variation, and Journal of researches; it is not known which editions CD sent.

Bibliography

Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.

Journal of researches: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.

Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.

Summary

Sends copies of Variation, Descent, and Journal of researches from "the library of my late brother".

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13507
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Unidentified
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Charles Hamilton (dealer) (29 January 1970)
Physical description
ALS * 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13507,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13507.xml

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