From Williams & Norgate 28 April 1871
Summary
Information on the publishing history of a book [J. C. Lavater, Physiognomische Fragmente, 4 vols. (1775–8)].
| Author: | Williams & Norgate |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7725 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Williams & Norgate Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Williams & Norgate 28 April 1871 …
- … DAR 181: 104 Williams & Norgate London, Henrietta St, 14 28 Apr 1871 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Dear Sir | Your obed t . Servants | for Williams & Norgate | S. Dodgshun Verso of first …
- … vol. 16, letter from Williams & Norgate, 2 June 1868 . The annotations refer to passages …
- … See the letter to Williams & Norgate, 27 April [1871] . The reference is to Johann Caspar …
- … les hommes par la physionomie . Sydney Dodgshun was the nephew of Edmund Sydney Williams …
- … of Williams & Norgate. See also Correspondence …
- … Williams & Norgate, | 14, Henrietta-Street, Covent-Garden. | London, W.C. April 28 187 1. …
To Williams & Norgate 16 February [1861]
Summary
Wishing to purchase a copy of Ferguson’s illustrated series of rare and prize poultry, including comprehensive essays upon all classes of domestic fowl (Ferguson 1854).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1861] |
| Classmark: | RR Auction (dealers) (14 June 2018, Lot 30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3062F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Williams & Norgate …
- … To Williams & Norgate 16 February [1861] …
- … 14 June 2018, Lot 30) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb [1861] Williams & Norgate …
- … between this letter and the letter to Williams & Norgate, 4 March [1861] ( Correspondence …
- … vol. 13, Supplement). Ferguson 1854 . Williams & Norgate did send a copy, but CD was also …
- … see Correspondence vol. 13, Supplement, letter to Williams & Norgate, 4 March [1861] ). …
From Williams & Norgate 16 March 1880
Summary
Sends details of Netter 1879 (Abraham Netter. 1879. De l’intuition dans les découvertes et inventions. Strasbourg: Treuttel & Wurtz.)
| Author: | Williams & Norgate |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (11 July 2017) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12537F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Williams & Norgate Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Williams & Norgate 16 March 1880 …
- … Sotheby’s (dealers) (11 July 2017) Williams & Norgate London 16 Mar 1880 Charles Robert …
- … copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. CD probably returned this card to Williams & Norgate . …
- … Garden, | London, W.C. 16/3 18 80 Messrs. Williams & Norgate present their compliments and …
To M. S. Vaughan Williams [after 17 August 1881?]
Summary
Thanks MSVW for her letter and visit.
Tells her about Ralph [Vaughan Williams] and his tip.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams |
| Date: | [after 17 Aug 1881?] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (MS Mus. 1714/5/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13289F |
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To Williams & Norgate [1861]
Summary
Requests Natural History Review for 1861 until further notice.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | [1861] |
| Classmark: | Uppsala University Library: Manuscripts and Music (Waller Ms alb-67:134) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3040F |
To Williams and Norgate 1 April [1860]
Summary
Thanks for information about French dictionaries.
Asks that Westminster Review [of Apr 1860] be sent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 1 Apr [1860] |
| Classmark: | Swiss National Library, Helvetic Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/02) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2739 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Williams & Norgate …
- … To Williams and Norgate 1 April [1860] …
- … Archives (SLA-Rhyn-06-d/02) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Apr [1860] Williams & Norgate …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letter from Williams and Norgate, 29 March 1860. …
- … See letter from Williams and Norgate, 29 March 1860. The April 1860 issue of the …
To [Greville Williams?] 10 February 1882
Summary
Asks correspondent to sign certificate for Raphael Meldola [as a candidate for Royal Society].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Hanson Greville (Greville) Williams |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13675 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Williams, Greville …
- … To [Greville Williams? ] 10 February 1882 …
- … from 1871 to 1873 at the Star Chemical Works, where Williams was a partner ( ODNB ). …
- … 20) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Feb 1882 Charles Hanson Greville (Greville) Williams …
- … 1882 and n. 1; see also n. 2, below). Williams signed the ‘Certificate of a candidate for …
To Williams and Norgate 29 [January 1860]
Summary
Orders copy of book by Louis Agassiz [Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis (1846)].
Mentions book sent by Quatrefages de Bréau.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 29 [Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.194) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2666 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Williams & Norgate …
- … To Williams and Norgate 29 [January 1860] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.194) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 [Jan 1860] Williams & Norgate …
- … March 1860 of £2 19 s . 5 d . made out to Williams and Norgate. The address CD gives is …
- … and from the endorsement. See letter to Williams and Norgate, 16 January [1860] . There is …
- … records a payment of £3 11 s . 4 d . to Williams and Norgate. CD engaged this firm to …
To Williams & Norgate 27 April [1871]
Summary
Requesting information about the publication history of Lavater 1820.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 27 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | Scrope-Howe family (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7722F |
From E. L. Williams to George Cupples 10 February 1874
Summary
Breeders prefer to destroy bitch pups.
| Author: | Williams, E. L. |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 91–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9279 |
From Williams & Norgate 17 November 1857
Summary
CD is informed that a certain work [unspecified] is not available separately.
| Author: | Williams & Norgate |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 91: 81 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2172 |
To Williams & Norgate 6 May [1872]
Summary
"Be so good as to send me Unsere Zeit with Julius Frauenstädt’s article ["Darwin’s Auffassung des geistigen und sittlichen Lebens des Menschen" n.s. 8 (May 1872), 597–605]. I am much obliged for the information."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 6 May [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8313A |
To Williams & Norgate 10 February [1866]
Summary
Orders Richard Owen’s Anatomy of vertebrates [1866–8],
subscribes to Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
and orders three back numbers of Medical Times and Gazette.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (ASHCOMBE COLLECTION/V/52) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5002 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Williams & Norgate …
- … To Williams & Norgate 10 February [1866] …
- … ASHCOMBE COLLECTION/V/52) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Feb [1866] Williams & Norgate …
- … references to works published or sold by Williams & Norgate (see nn. 4–6 and 8, below). …
- … of several unbound parts in CD’s set bear Williams & Norgate’s trade label. The poultry …
- … the covers of several of the parts bear Williams & Norgate’s trade label. These numbers …
- … L. S. Beale, 9 February 1866 and n. 1). Williams & Norgate were the publishers of the …
- … Longmans, Green, and Co. , with whom Williams & Norgate had a collaborative relationship ( …
From Williams & Norgate 29 March 1860
Summary
W&N have not yet received the German edition of the Origin.
Recommend French–English and French dictionaries.
| Author: | Williams & Norgate |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Mar 1860 |
| Classmark: | DAR 91: 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2735 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Williams & Norgate Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Williams & Norgate 29 March 1860 …
- … DAR 91: 82 Williams & Norgate London, Henrietta St, 14 29 Mar 1860 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … n. 5. Greenoak was presumably a clerk in the London office of Williams and Norgate. …
- … to directions receivd. Yours very oblig | fpa Williams & Norgate | Ernest Greenoak Charles …
From James Williams 24 January 1882
Summary
Are the animal and vegetable kingdoms so united as to be indistinguishable?
| Author: | James Williams |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 201: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13643 |
To Williams & Norgate 10 April [1860]
Summary
Asks Williams & Norgate to forward one copy of the German translation of Origin (Bronn trans. 1860) to Jan van der Hoeven, and another to Jacob Moleschott.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 10 Apr [1860] |
| Classmark: | Alexander Autographs (dealers) (20 February 2005, Lot 273) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2755F |
To Williams & Norgate 13 April [1874]
Summary
Asks correspondent to obtain odd numbers of Flora.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.440) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9406 |
To Williams & Norgate 20 February 1881
Summary
Queries account for book "Fauna Neapol. II"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 670, 7 and 8 July 1998, lot 414) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13058F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Williams & Norgate …
- … To Williams & Norgate 20 February 1881 …
- … 670, 7 and 8 July 1998, lot 414) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Feb 1881 Williams & Norgate …
- … The recipient has been identified as Williams & Norgate , the booksellers who distributed …
- … subscribers. He would have received Williams & Norgate’s account before the arrival of the …
[Williams & Norgate] 16 June [1880]
Summary
Ordering a copy of a book for his research on vegetable mould [presumably Werner Hoffmeister 1845 (Die bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer: als Grundlage zu einer Monographie dieser Familie.].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 16 June [1880] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 9897) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12619F |
From Williams & Norgate 2 June 1868
Summary
Progress of CD’s order for certain books.
| Author: | Williams & Norgate |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 June 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6222 |
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Origin in Commentary
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
Summary
The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was …
