300. Darwin (Charles, naturalist, 1809-82) Autograph Letter signed to William Boyd Dawkins, 1p. & envelope, 8vo, Down, Beckenham, Kent, 16th January, n.y., [?1868], “My dear Sir I can give no more information than that in my book [ Variations of animals and plants under domestication, 1868]. It was ‘an easy record’... used by Youatt... . It is where I, saw it at p. 48 of ‘Cattle their Breeds &c. Library of Useful Knowledge 1834.’ I have generally found Youatt an accurate man, & a very sagacious man, for I knew him personally - I am very sorry I cannot help you more”, folds, laid down on an album leaf.
est. £2000 – £3000
Darwin on cattle breeding.
Dawkins wrote to Darwin in 1867 on the breeding out of horns in Galloway cattle.
William Youatt (1776-1847), veterinary surgeon.