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From John Murray   3 September [1872]1

50, Albemarle St. | W.

Sept. 3—

My Dear Sir

My Partner M Cooke before leaving home for his holiday had increased the order for Heliotypes to 8,000.!—2

I have attended to the Dutch man— His plates must be on larger paper & will probably cost a little more—3 Mr Schweitzerbart has paid for his supply down.4 I have attended to your instructions touching Dr Anton Dohrn.5 I beg to enclose a cheque for £34.2.6—the sum expended by you on Artists—6

I agree to your proposal of £50—instead of £55—as the charge for Stereotype text & Cuts for Appleton7

I remain My Dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | John Murray

Chas Darwin Esqr

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to R.F. Cooke, 23 August 1872.
3
The Dutch publisher Johan IJkema had asked for the right of translation of Expression (see letter from Johan IJkema, 21 August 1872, and letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 August 1872).
4
CD’s books were published in German translation by the firm E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung under the directorship of Eduard Koch.
6
CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS) record that CD received a payment for this amount under the heading ‘Murray cheque for advance to artists’ on 4 September 1872. See also letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872.
7
See letter to R.F. Cooke, 7 August 1872 and n. 2.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8508,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8508