From J. J. Moulinié   7 September 1868

London

7 7ber 1868

Dear sir,

I include in the present my promised photograph; though very unworthy of the place that it may be called to occupy in your album, amongst the so many eminent men that it already contains1   consider it however such as it is, as the image of one of your most devoted and sincere admirers, who regards the honour of having made your acquaintance, and the kind reception with which you have favoured him, as the most important circumstances of his voyage to England in 1868.2

Pray dear sir, present my respectful compliments to Mrs. Darwin, and reminding me to the kind memory of the members of your family of which I have made the acquaintance, believe me | your’s most respectfully and thankfully | J. J. Moulinié

P.S. I shall leave London on Tuesday morning; will remain in Paris a few days to hasten the publication of the second volume of the translation, which cannot last long, for the printer is actually after the Index. I hope to be back to Geneva about the middle of the present month.3

JJM

1
Moulinié’s photograph has not been found in the Darwin Archive–CUL. CD had a ‘Scientific Album’ which also has not been found (see Correspondence vol. 13, letter to A. R. Wallace, 1 February [1865]).
2
Moulinié visited Down House on 31 August 1868 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
3
Moulinié had translated Variation into French; the first volume had been sent to CD in March by the publisher, Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald (see letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 26 March 1868). The second volume was published later in 1868. The volume was printed by Imprimerie de Jules Claye.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6355,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6355