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From Armand de Quatrefages1   10 November 1866

Paris

10 9bre. 662

Monsieur et cher confrère

MM Williams et Norgate libr. sont chargés de vous faire parvenir un exemplaire de mon Histoire des Annélides (fig. col.)3 Si mon livre tardait trop a vous arriver, Soyez assez bon pour le faire reclamer. Cet ouvrage m’a couté bien de la peine car je ne sais pas d’animaux plus pénibles à déterminer que les Annélides et j’ai mis tout mon soin a être exact. Accueillez le comme bon souvenir de votre bien dévoué confrere qui desirerait fort faire votre connaissance personnelle | De Quatrefages

1
For a translation of this letter, see Correspondence vol.14, Appendix I.
2
‘9bre’: Novembre (from the Latin for ‘nine’: novem).
3
The booksellers and publishers Williams & Norgate specialised in foreign scientific literature. CD’s copy of Quatrefages 1865 is in the Darwin Library–Down. ‘Fig. col.’ is probably an abbreviation for ‘figures colorés’, referring to the coloured plates of the work.

From Armand de Quatrefages1   10 November 1866

Paris 10 November. 66 Dear Sir and Colleague, Messrs Williams and Norgate bksellr have been instructed to send you a copy of my History of the Annelids (fig. col.)2 If my book is too slow in reaching you, be so good as to make a request for it. This work has cost me a great deal of trouble, for I do not know of any animals that are more of a nuisance to classify than the Annelids and I have taken every care to be accurate. Receive it as a memento from your very devoted colleague who would so much like to meet you in person | De Quatrefages

1
For a transcription of this letter in its original French, see p. 384.
2
‘9bre’: Novembre (from the Latin for ‘nine’: novem).

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