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To Édouard Heckel   31 December 1876

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[Darwin states that he would be honoured to have his book translated by Heckel and has written to the publisher Reinwald who ensured the translations of his other books. He is sure that the notes provided by Heckel will add to the interest of the book and he would like to read them.]1

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1
The date is given in the sale catalogue. See Correspondence vol. 24, letter from E. M. Heckel, 27 December 1876. Heckel translated Cross and self fertilisation into French (Heckel trans. 1877). CD’s letter to Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald has not been found.
2
The original letter is complete, and according to the sale catalogue is three pages long.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10739F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10739F