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To C. F. Claus   9 July 1876

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

July 9. 1876

My dear Sir

I have received your most kind present. Your book looks remarkably handsome, & I never saw any thing more admirable than the plates at the end.1 I hope before long to read much of it, though the German language is slow work for me. I am particularly anxious to see what you say on the developement and genealogy of the Crustacea, and on the position of the Cirrepedia.2 Allow me to assure you that I feel very strongly the great honour of your dedication to me of so great a work.3

With the most cordial thanks & respect, I remain my dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin

LS

1
There is a copy of Claus’s Untersuchungen zur Erforschung der genealogischen Grundlage des Crustaceen-Systems: ein Beitrag zur Descendenzlehre (Studies on the investigation of the genealogical foundation of the Crustacea: a contribution to the theory of descent; Claus 1876) in the Darwin Library–Down. See also Correspondence vol. 24, letter to C. F. Claus, 2 May 1876. The plates at the end show detailed drawings of crustaceans.
2
CD had published four volumes on Cirripedia; Fossil Cirripedia (1851) and (1854), and Living Cirripedia (1851) and (1854). In 1869, CD sent Claus some specimens of cirripedes, and also requested that Claus examine specific points of larval anatomy (see Correspondence vol. 17, letter to C. F. Claus, 28 January 1869).
3
The dedication read: ‘Herrn Charles Darwin in inniger Verehrung gewidmet’ (Dedicated with deepest respect to Charles Darwin).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10559F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10559F