Extracts from Letters Addressed to Professor Henslow by C. Darwin. Read at a Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 16 November, 1835. A reprint of the original pamphlet dated Cambridge, December 1, 1835.

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882):

Published by Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1960., 1960

About this Item

Facsimile Reprint of Darwin's first publication. v, 31 pp. Original sewn printed wrappers. Near Fine. 'Towards the close of our voyage I received a letter whilst at Ascension, in which my sisters told me that Sedgwick had called on my father, and said that I should take a place among the leading scientific men. I could not at the time understand how he could have learnt anything of my proceedings, but I heard (I believe afterwards) that Henslow had read some of the letters which I wrote to him before the Philosophical Society of Cambridge (Read at the meeting held November 16, 1835, and printed in a pamphlet of 31 pages for distribution among the members of the Society.), and had printed them for private distribution' (The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, ed. Nora Barlow, 1958, p. 81).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Extracts from Letters Addressed to Professor Henslow by C. Darwin. Read at a Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 16 November, 1835. A reprint of the original pamphlet dated Cambridge, December 1, 1835.
• Publisher: Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1960.
• Publication Date: 1960
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket