DARWIN CHARLES Autograph Letter Signed

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DARWIN, CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed recipient, ordering a copy of biologist Albert Bernhard Frank's 1870 work "Die Natürliche wagerechte Richtung von Pflanzentheilen und ihre Abhangigkeit von Lichte und von der Gravitation." 1 page, single 8vo sheet; diagonal crease at one corner, folds, contemporary ink vertical line through the letter (likely accomplished by the recipient to indicate that he had replied). Beckenham, 1 November [1879]

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It is of some note that Darwin was reading the works of Frank, whose theories on symbiosis (a term he is credited as originating) conflicted in part with Darwin's theory of natural selection.