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From C.-F. Reinwald   4 February 1874

Paris. | 15 Rue des Saints Pères

Febr 4th 1874.

Dear Sir

We duely received your kind letter of Jany. 19th. and have the honor to hand you herewith a cheque of £40.—on Joint Stock Bank in payment of Copyright for the second edition of the french translation of your Descent of Man (Descendance de l’Homme.)1

This second edition has been much improved by a total revision in the correctness and the style of late Mr. Moulinié’s first edition of the translation, by Mr. Edm. Barbier.2 We send you this day a copy of the 2 volumes of the 2d. edition by book post and hope they will safely reach you.

A few days ago we began printing Naturalist’s voyage on board of the Beagle, translated by the same Mr Barbier; and hope to proceed rapidly with it.3

More copies of “Descendance de l’Homm⁠⟨⁠e⁠⟩⁠” as well as of “Emotions”4 are at your disposa⁠⟨⁠l⁠⟩⁠

We remain, dear Sir, very respectfully | your most obedient | C Reinwald & Co

To Charles Darwin, Esq. Down.

1
CD’s letter to Reinwald has not been found, but must have been a response to Reinwald’s letter to him of 17 January 1874. The French second edition of Descent was Moulinié trans. 1873–4. CD recorded the payment in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS) on 5 February 1874.
2
Reinwald had been dissatisfied with the late Jean Jacques Moulinié’s translation of Descent (Moulinié trans. 1872; see Correspondence vol. 21, letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 4 March 1873). The revision was made by Edmond Barbier (Moulinié trans. 1873–4).
3
Reinwald refers to Barbier trans. 1875, a translation into French of Journal of researches 2d ed.
4
The French translation of Expression was Pozzi and Benôit trans. 1874.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9265,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9265