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From Osbert Salvin   24 June 1870

Zoological Society of London, | 11, Hanover Square, | London, W.

24 June 1870

Sir,

I beg leave to inform you that your letter asking permission to have the use of a certain woodblock from this Society’s Proceedings was read at the last meeting of the Publication Committee and that it was agreed that your request should be complied with

I enclose herewith an order on Messrs. Taylor and Francis for the use of the wood block in question1

I am Sir | Your obt servant | Osbert Salvin.

C. Darwin Esquire

1
CD’s letter to the Zoological Society of London has not been found. In Descent, CD used three figures from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London; fig. 41 (Descent 2: 63), fig. 45 (ibid., p. 66), and fig. 65 (ibid., p. 265). Taylor and Francis were the printers of the Proceedings.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7243,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7243