Darwin letters to Bonn botanist sell in Cologne
Bid to €60,000 (£53,100) in a March 16 sale held by Venator & Hanstein (23% buyer’s premium) was a group of letters sent by Charles Darwin in the 1860s and ‘70s to a German botanist, Friedrich Hildebrand.
Most of the 17 letters are in his hand, though one, sent at a time when he was unwell, is in that …