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From C.-F. Reinwald1   14 October 1880

15, Rue des Saints-Pères | Paris Paris

14 Oct 1880

Mon cher Monsieur

Je reviens aujourdhui à votre offre du 24 Septembre, concernant la traduction française de votre nouveau volume

Movement of Plants

dont vous m’avez déjà envoyé les 208 premières pages.2

J’accepte l’offre que vous avez eu la bonté de me faire et je me charge de publier cette traduction pour laquelle j’ai traité avec le Prof. E. Heckel de Marseille.3

Je compte maintenant sur votre amabilité pour décider M. Murray à me céder les clichés de cet ouvrage à un prix raisonnable.4

Je vous prie donc cher Monsieur de faire passer l’incluse à cet éditeur et d’y ajouter un mot de recommandation si vous le jugez utile.

Veuillez compter par mon entière reconnaissance et agréez | cher Monsieur | l’expression de mes sentiments les plus distingués | C Reinwald

To Chs. Darwin Esq. Down

1
For a translation of this letter, see Appendix I.
2
No letter to Reinwald dated 24 September 1880 has been found. CD had begun sending out pages of the English edition of Movement in plants to translators in September 1880 (see, for example, letter to J. V. Carus, 14 September 1880).
3
Édouard Heckel had already been in touch with CD about the translation (see letter from Édouard Heckel, 23 September 1880). CD’s usual French translator, Edmond Barbier, had died on 30 September 1880 (Paris & vicinity, France, death notices, 1860–1902 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 24 May 2019).
4
John Murray was CD’s publisher.

From C.-F. Reinwald1   14 October 1880

15, Rue des Saints-Pères | Paris Paris

14 Oct 1880

My dear Sir

I return today to your offer of 24 September, concerning the French translation of your new volume

Movement of Plants

of which you have already sent the first 208 pages.2

I accept the offer that you have had the kindness to make me and I undertake to publish this translation for which I have negotiated with Prof. E. Heckel of Marseille.3

I count now on your kindness to convince Mr. Murray to let me have the plates of this work at a reasonable price.4

I ask then dear Sir to pass on the enclosed to this publisher and to add to it a word of recommendation if you think it would be of use.

Please count on my utter gratitude and accept | dear Sir | the expression of my deepest respect | C Reinwald

To Chs. Darwin Esq. Down

1
For a transcription of this letter in its original French, see p. 339.
2
No letter to Reinwald dated 24 September 1880 has been found. CD had begun sending out pages of the English edition of Movement in plants to translators in September 1880 (see, for example, letter to J. V. Carus, 14 September 1880).
3
Édouard Heckel had already been in touch with CD about the translation (see letter from Édouard Heckel, 23 September 1880). CD’s usual French translator, Edmond Barbier, had died on 30 September 1880 (Paris & vicinity, France, death notices, 1860–1902 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 24 May 2019).
4
John Murray was CD’s publisher.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12758,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12758