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From R. F. Cooke   25 October 1872

50A, Albemarle Street, London, W.

Octr. 25 1872

My dear Sir

Mr Murray will allow you 18 copies of your new work as he did with the “Descent”, the edition of that work being 2500 Copies & this is only 20001

Of course all other copies shall be charged you at our lowest trade price.

Mr Murray has never settled with you yet for the cheap edition of “Origin” but it has not been forgotten, & shall be looked at after our trade sale when we hope to sell some. Unfortunately we have 50 copies remaining of the old edition, which wont move off!!!2

Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke

Chas. Darwin Esq

All the foreigners have paid for the Heliotypes & Electros except our Delft friend,3 who has had a copy of the book but nothing else

1
See letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 October [1872]. Cooke refers to Expression and Descent, and to John Murray.
2
At CD’s request, Origin 6th ed. was a cheaper edition than previous ones (see letter to John Murray, 8 January [1872] and n. 3).
3
Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen (of Delft) translated Expression into Dutch. The publisher was Johan IJkema, also of Delft.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8575,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8575