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From F. A. Nussbaumer and Rudolf Hoernes   4 December 1872

Acad. Verein | der Naturhistoriker | Wien

Honoured Sir!

The committe appointed by the academical Verein der Naturhistoriker of the University in Vienna has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your valuable works.1 The committe at the sametime desire to express their full appreciation of the distinction thus accorded to them and to record their warmest thanks for this very important addition to their library.

In conclusion they venture to express the hope, that You will continue Your good will and sympathy to the young society,2 which now rejoices in such an unequivocal proov of Your favour.

Again thanking You for Your kindness they beg to offer You the expression of their highest consideration and respect and are honoured Sir

Your faithfully | for the committe

the vice president the president R. Hörnes F Nussbaumer3

Vienna 4. 12. 1872

1
CD probably sent copies of Origin 6th ed. and Expression.
2
The Akademischer Verein der Naturhistoriker (university natural history society) in Vienna had been established in 1870.
3
Nussbaumer and Hoernes were students at the University of Vienna.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8679,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8679