To John Murray   5 May 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

May 5./75

My dear Sir

I am much obliged.

So let it be, i.e. I not to receive my share till 750 or 800 copies are sold, & you to print 1250 copies.—1 If the book should sell very badly pray remember that I am not altogether to blame.

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

See letter from John Murray, 4 May [1875], concerning the publication of Insectivorous plants.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

2.1 not] interl

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