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From D. Appleton & Co   23 November 1875

D. Appleton & Co | 549 & 551 Broad⁠⟨⁠wa⁠⟩⁠y, | New York:

Nov, 23rd. 1875

Dear Sir:

If the illustrations fo⁠⟨⁠r⁠⟩⁠ the new edition of “Varieties under Domestication” are the same as in the first edition we can, as you suggest cut the electros from the plates.1

We have just received the plates for “Climbing Plants” & will begin printing immediately.2

Yours very truly | D. Appleton & Co

Chas. Darwin Esq

1
CD’s letter to Appleton’s has not been found. D. Appleton & Co. had purchased stereotypes of Variation from Orange Judd & Co., the publishers of the first US edition (see letter from D. Appleton & Co, 11 October 1875). They were producing the second US edition from stereotypes provided by John Murray; these in fact included the illustrations (letter from R. F. Cooke, 16 November 1875).
2
Climbing plants US ed. was published in 1876 (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 10 August 1875 and n. 3).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10271,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10271