From John Murray   30 May [1866]1

50A, Albemarle St. | W.

May 30

My Dear Sir

I have received your obliging note & reflecting upon the large & very important additions wch you have made in this Edition of your work on Species, wch I had observed myself in the proof sheets I propose to print 1500, instead of 1000 copies—2 Counting on your assent.

You shall have 18 copies of the new Edn for yourself3 I remain | My Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | John Murray

Ch Darwin Esq

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 28 May [1866].
2
See letter to John Murray, 28 May [1866]. Murray had originally stated that he would print 1000 copies (see letter from John Murray, 25 May [1866] and n. 2).
3
See Appendix IV for a presentation list for the fourth edition of Origin.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5105,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5105