To John Murray   30 August [1872]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Aug. 30th

My dear Sir

Please to send to Mess. Williams & Norgate, Henrietta St, a parcel marked outside for “Dr. Anton Dohrn, Naples” of all my books, viz, Journal of Researches The Origin, Descent of Man, Variation of Animals under domestication, Fertilisation of Orchids, & Facts for Darwin by Fritz Müller,—2

You will have heard from Koch3 that he requires 3000 copies of the Heliotype Plate; as there probably will be more wanted, I shd. think you had better give order soon for an increased number beyond the 5000 ordered by Mr Cooke.—4

My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Anton Dohrn, 28 August 1872.
2
CD had agreed to send copies of his publications to the library of the new zoological station at Naples, care of the London publisher Williams & Norgate (see letter to Anton Dohrn, 24 August [1872]). CD refers to Journal of researches 2d ed., Origin 6th ed., Descent, Variation, Orchids, and Facts and arguments for Darwin (Dallas trans. 1869).
3
Eduard Friedrich Koch of E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung was arranging for the German translation of Expression.
4
The photographic illustrations were being printed by the Heliotype Company; Robert Francis Cooke had been handling matters relating to the publication of Expression during Murray’s absence in August (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 23 August 1872).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 Anton] ‘ton’ over ‘thon’
1.2 Journal of Researches] interl
2.3 for … Cooke.] added

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