21/6/81
Allow me to remind you, dear Mr. Curtis, that I am eager to send the £50— to Mr Rothschild & the £125 to Herr Fischer for their books as early as these sums are available.1 Will you kindly push the accounts so far as you can?
Respectfully your
Ferd. von Mueller
In M to M. Irving, 22 February 1881 (in this edition as 81-02-22a), pursued in M to M. Irving, 27 March 1881, M urged that the books exhibited at the International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880-1, by the publishers Rothschild (Paris) and Fischer (Cassel) be purchased by the Melbourne Public Library. He also sent a formal proposal to William Stawell (M to W. Stawell, 9 March 188) who, he believed, had become President of the Trustees of the Library (M to M. Irving, 27 March 1881). The offer by Fischer had been declined as too expensive in H. Sheffield to M, 6 April 1881 (in this edition as 81-04-06a), but a reduced purchase price was suggested by the Library and accepted by M after consultation (M to R. Curtis, 14 April 1881).
Please cite as “FVM-81-06-21a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on