The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: John Murray. 1878. Accounts for Müller, Facts for Darwin, Cross and self fertilisation, Origin, Descent, Climbing plants, Orchids, Variation, Expression; and general account June 1878 to June 1879. CUL-DAR210.11.15. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.

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Dr	Mullers Facts for Darwin				Cr
1879			1878
June	To Binding 25 Copies	- 12 6	June	By 337 on hand
	" Comn to agents	- 1 8		305 on hand June 1879
	" Balance	5 2 1		32 Sold 25 as 24 4/2	6 9 2
					- 12 11
		5 16 3			5 16 3
			1879	By 305 on hand
			June	" Balanace	5 2 1

Cross Self- Fertilization
			1878
			June	By 750 copies
				763 on Hand 1879

Insectivorous Plants
			1875
			Decr	By 500 copies
				691 on Hand 1879

Forms of Flowers
			1879
	Author has been paid for this edition		June	By 34 copies on Hand

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Dr	Darwin on Fertilization of Orchids				Cr
1879	To Balance deficiency	62 8 7	1879	By 426 on hand
				362 on Hand 1880
Darwin on Cross Fertilization
1878	To Printing 750 No		1878	By 750 Copies
				a/c not made up as 736 still on Hand 1880

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Dr	Darwin on the Origin of Species				Cr
1878			1878
June	To Balance deficiency	5 12 6	June	By 1405 on hand
	" Binding 700 Copies	14 14 -		604 on hand June 1879
	" Advertizing	9 - -		801 Sold viz
	" Comn allowd agents	3 4 -		497 Trade 25 as 24 5/	119 10 -
	" Balance Profit	164 16 10		304 do - - 5/4	77 17 4
		197 7 4		801	197 7 4
			1879 June	By 604 on hand
				" Author's 2/[3] Profit	109 17 11

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Dr	Darwin on the Descent of Man				Cr
1879			1879
Mar	To Printing 1000 8to	28 7 6	Mar	By 1000 copies
	" 30 Rms Dble Medium	35 12 6		774 on Hand June 1879
	" Binding 300 copies	8 2 6		226 Sold viz
	" Comn to agents	- 12 2		193 Trade 25 as 24 6/	55 16 -
	" Electros	- 13 6		33 do - - 6/5	10 5 4
				" Reinwald for Electros	3 - -
				" Balance deficiency	13 6 10
		82 8 2			82 8 2
1879
June	To Balance deficiency	13 6 10	June	By 774 on hand

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Dr	Darwin on Orchids				Cr
1878			1878
June	To Balance deficiency	80 2 3	June	By 518 on hand
	" Binding 150 copies			426 on hand June 1879
				92 Sold viz
				32 Trade 25 as 24 6/	9 6 -
				60 do --- 6/5	18 12 2
			1879 June	By Balance deficiency	62 8 7
1879		90 6 9			90 6 9
June	To Balance deficiency	62 8 7	June	By 426 on hand

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Dr	Darwin on Variations. Animals &c.				Cr
1878			1878
June	To Balance deficiency	171 8 -	June	By 551 on hand
	" Binding 150 copies	8 2 6		421 on hand June 1879
	" Advertising	7 - -		130 Sold viz
	" Comn allowd agents	- 18 -		65 Trade 25 as 24 12/	37 16 -
				65 do - - 12/10	40 8 6
				130
			1879	By Balance deficiency	109 4 -
		187 8 6			187 8 6
1879 June	To Balance deficiency	109 4 -	June	By 421 on hand

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Dr	Darwin on Expression				Cr
1878			1878
June	To Balance deficiency	62 9 4	June	By 1748 on hand
	" 500 Sets Heliotypes	32 5 -		1576 on hand June 1879
	" Binding 150 copies	4 7 6		88 Trade 25 as 24 8/	34 - -
	" Comn to agents	1 6 4		84 do - - 8/6	34 8 6
	" Balance Profit	1 - 4		172
				By Reinwald for 500 Sets Heliotypes	40 - -
		108 8 6			108 8 6
			1879 June	By 1576 on hand
				" Author's 2/3 Profit	- 13 7

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Dr	Muller's Facts for Darwin					Cr
1879				1878
June	To Binding 25 copies	- 12 6		June	By 337 on hand
	" Comn to agents	- 1 8			305 on hand June 1879
	" Balance	5 2 1			32 Sold 25 as 24 4/2	6 9 2
					Less Commission	- 12 11
		5 16 3				5 16 3
				1879 June	By 305 on hand
					" Balance	5 2 1



Cross Self Fertilization
			1878
			June		By 750 Copies
					763 on hand 1879



Insectivorous Plants
			1875
			Dec		By 500 copies
					691 on Hand 1879

Forms of Flowers
			1879
	Author has been paid for this edition		June		By 34 copies on Hand

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Dr	Charles Darwin Esq in a/c with John Murray				Cr
1879			1879
June	To Goods as per a/c	1 19 -	June	By 2/3 Profit "Origin Species"	109 17 11
	" Balance			" 2/3 do Expression	- 13 7
				" Sales of Mullers Facts	5 2 1
		115 12 7			115 13 7
			1879 June	By Balance	113 14 7

Appleton & Co. New York publishing house, 1785-1948. American publishers of works by Darwin.

Cooper, James Davis (1823-1904), wood engraver and book illustrator, London. Cut woodblocks for Expression, Insectivorous plants and Wallace's Malay archipelago.

Electros = electrotypes of the woodcut illustrations. "Electrotypes were produced by the electrolytic deposition of copper on the woodblocks; the copper moulds were then removed and reinforced from behind with lead, leaving the original woodcuts intact." Correspondence, vol. 20, p. 325 n.

Reinwald, Charles Ferdinand, 1812-1891. 1873- Publishers of Paris as C. Reinwald et Cie; published 1st French editions of eleven of Darwin's books, as well as editions of Origin from 1873 onwards and Life and letters in 1888.

Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. Publisher of Turin. 1871-1883 Published twelve first Italian editions of Darwin's works.

William West, lithographer, Hatton Garden, London, produced the single diagram which appeared unaltered in all editions of Origin.

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)