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From R. F. Cooke   7 February 1874

50A, Albemarle Street, London. W.

Feby 7 1874

My dear Sir

We want to find the original woodcuts to the “Voyage of a Naturalist” for the sake of taking Electros for M Reinwald & we cannot do so, with the exception of 4 cuts which we find here.1

There are 14 in all.

It occurs to us, that perhaps they have been used in some of your more recent works, may I ask if you can assist us.

Yours faithfully | Robt. Cooke

C. Darwin Esq

I think the 1st. Election at the Atheneum is Monday 16th.2

1
Cooke refers to Journal of researches 2d ed., which had the spine title ‘Naturalist’s voyage’. The French translation by Edmond Barbier was published by Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald (Barbier trans. 1875). See also letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 4 February 1874.
2
CD had probably asked Cooke to support the election of his nephew Henry Parker to the Athenaeum Club (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 10 April [1874]). In 1871, John Murray had asked CD to support Cooke’s own election (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter from John Murray, 20 February [1871]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9271,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9271