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To Williams & Norgate   28 April [1880]

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

I am very sorry to have troubled you but I had quite forgotten that I possessed Vol. I.1

Kindly send me whenever convenient the 2d Vol.—

C. D.

Ap. 28th—

ApcS

Endorsement: ‘1880 | Chas. Darwin Esq | May 1st.’

1
A note in the same hand as the endorsement reads ‘Nathusius Vortrage II’, a reference to Vorträge über Viehzucht und Raßenkenntniß (Lectures on cattle breeding and breed information; Nathusius 1872–80) by Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius. CD’s annotated copy of Nathusius 1872–80 is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 636). CD had bought a copy of the first volume in late 1871 (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to Hermann Settegast, 20 October 1871).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’
1.1 you] interl

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