From Spiridion Brusina1 29 April 1869
Agram2
29 Aprile 1869.
Esimio Signore!
Ajutato da alcuni colleghi sto fondando una sociètà di storia naturale. La stessa avrà per iscopo lo studio della Fauna, Flora e Gea del triregno di Dalmazia, Croazia e Slavonia, e degli altri paesi slavo—meridionali Carniola, Serbia, Bosnia, Erzegnovina, Montenero ecc.; indi tendera a digulgare fra noi le cognizioni di quelle scienze naturali la cui importanza di tanto fu elevata dalle classiche opere da Lei pubblicate.
I diplomi da distribuir si fra i membri desideriamo fregiarli di quattro ritratti dei più distinti naturalisti, ed essendo chè fu stabilito che il Suo debba essere fra i quattro, nè ci viesci d’averlo, mi faccio a pregarla d’aver la bontà di volermi mandare una Sua fotografia per poterlo ritrarre.
Domandando Le mille volte perdono d’un tanto disturbo ed anticipatamente ringraziando La ho l’onore di dirmi
l’obbsme dev. serv. | Spiridion Brusina
Custode al Museo Nazionale di stor. naturale
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Translation
From Spiridion Brusina1 29 April 1869
Agram2
29 April 1869.
Dear Sir!
With the help of some colleagues, I have founded a society of natural history. This will have for its object the study of the fauna, flora, and terra of the triple kingdom of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia, and of other Slavic countries—southern Carniola, Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro etc.; then it aims to spread among us the knowledge of those natural sciences whose importance has been so much increased by the classic works that you have published.
I would like the diplomas that are to be distributed among the members to be adorned with four pictures of the most distinguished naturalists and as it was decided that you ought to be among the four, unless it is forbidden to have it, I am asking you to have the goodness to send me a photograph of you to be reproduced.
Requesting a thousand pardons for such an intrusion and offering in advance many thanks, I have the honour to pronounce myself your most obedient and devoted servant | Spiridion Brusina
Custodian of the National Museum of Natural History
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
SB is founding a natural history society to study the flora and fauna of the southern Slavic countries.
Plans to print portraits of the four most distinguished naturalists and asks for a photograph of CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6720
- From
- Spiridion Brusina
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Agram (Zagreb)
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 354
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp (Italian) †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6720,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6720.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
