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Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists

Summary

The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…

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  • … is by far the greatest honour which I have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February …
  • … in the journal Nature , one of Darwin's oldest friends Leonard Blomefield (formerly Jenyns) …
  • … to them when first laid before the scientific world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March …
  • … which I don’t feel myself worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 )  …
  • … man is to my understanding his scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) …
  • … Sir, will kindly incorporate it in the German album ( Letter from Carl  Kraus , 10 February 1878 …