To Édouard Heckel 31 December 1876
Summary
Would be honoured to have Cross and self fertilisation translated into French by EH; he has written to his French publisher, Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald.
EH’s notes will add interest and he would like to read them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 31 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Aguttes (dealers) An Aristophil sale (17 November 2019, lot 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10739F |
To Édouard Heckel 19 February 1877
Summary
Sends correction to p. 275 of Cross and self fertilisation [but see letter to Édouard Heckel, 4 March 1877].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Aguttes (dealers) An Aristophil sale (17 November 2019, lot 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10852F |
To Édouard Heckel 4 March 1877
Summary
Asks EH to make a small correction in his translation [of Cross and self-fertilisation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 4 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | Barbara and Robert Pincus (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10878 |
To Édouard Heckel 20 November 1877
Summary
Thinks EH’s translation of Cross and self-fertilisation [1877] is excellent.
Would like him to do Forms of flowers, but Reinwald is afraid to have it translated in the present political state of France.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (13 and 14 December 2011, lot 37038) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11242 |
To Édouard Heckel 1 January 1878
Summary
Pleased EH is translating Forms of flowers. Agrees "cowslip" and "oxlip" ought to be translated by their scientific names.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (13 and 14 December 2011, lot 37038) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11306 |
To Édouard Heckel 13 August 1878
Summary
CD grateful to EH for making his works known in France.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 13 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (13 and 14 December 2011, lot 37038) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11654 |
To É. M. Heckel 7 January [1881?]
Summary
Sends photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 7 Jan [1881?] |
| Classmark: | Barbara and Robert Pincus (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12990 |
