To F. J. Cohn 1 January 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 1. 75
My dear Sir
According to our English fashion “I wish you many happy returns of this day”. I write now to ask you whether I might copy two of your drawings of Aldrovanda, marked by a red cross on the sketch which you were so kind as to send me.1 I should like to add one of the quadrifid trichomes if these have been drawn by you.2 I give only woodcuts in my forthcoming work, and I should of course say that they were copied from you. I have not described Aldrovanda, & refer my readers to your work; but my few remarks would hardly be intelligble without these drawings.3 I am going to send my other drawings to the woodcut-engraver immediately; & if you grant me permission, & if I receive your work in time, I will have the drawings copied.4 It would therefore be a great assistance to me if you could send me a proof of the plate.
I hope that you will excuse my begging this favour and I remain | dear Sir | with much respect | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Asks whether he might copy two of FJC’s drawings of Aldrovanda. He would like to have a proof of the plate for two woodcuts to be used in his forthcoming book [Insectivorous plants].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9795A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ferdinand Julius Cohn
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 97
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9795A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9795A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23