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From D. Appleton & Co   1 February 1875

Sales of “Origin of Species”1 to February 1/7⁠⟨⁠5⁠⟩⁠

by D Appleton & Co for a/c of Chas Darwin

1874 Feby 1. On hand 775
Aug Printed 500
Ed over 4
1875. Feby 1. On hand 212
Sold 1067 5% on $ 2 $ 106.70
“Expression of Emotions”2
1874. Feby 1. On hand 1832
Feby 1/75 " 1564
Sold 268 10% on $ 350 93.80
Descent of Man 3
Feby 1/74 On hand 728
Apl. Printd vol 1 & 2 1000
Feby 1/75. On hand 132
Sold 1596 10% $ 2 319.20
$ 519.70
Value in sterling Exch 110 Gold 115 £ 92.8.94
1
D. Appleton & Co. published the third US edition of Origin (from the sixth London edition) in 1873.
2
The London edition of Expression was published in November 1872, and the US edition in December 1872, although the date given on the title page is 1873 (Freeman 1977).
3
The US edition of Descent was published in 1871. Appleton published a second American edition in 1875.
4
CD recorded the receipt of this amount in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS) on 11 March 1875.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9837,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9837