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1859. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM UVA PROFESSOR TO HIS NEW YORK PUBLISHER REGARDING HIS BOOK ON THE UNITY OF MANKIND PUBLISHED MONTHS BEFORE DARWIN'S ORIGIN OF SPECIES. James L. Cabell, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the University of Virginia. Autograph letter signed to his New York publishers Robert Carter & Brothers, regarding proof corrections to his Testimony of Modern Science to the Unity of Mankind. 12.5 x 20 cm lightly age-toned leaf, closed tears to right and bottom edges, very good minus. Inscribed, "University of Va. Feb. 24, 1859/ My dear Sir/ The printed sheets sent by the same mail with this – from p. 153 to p. 248 – contains the passages which are to be transposed. I hope there will be no difficulty in understanding my wishes – I have endeavored to mark them intelligibly – partly on the margin of the printed sheets & partly on the accompanying MSS. copy./ Yours most truly J. L. Cabell/ Rob. Carter & Brothers/ 530 Broadway/ New-York."
JAMES LAWRENCE CABELL (1813–1889),… Read More