Document information

Physical location:

Box 6, item 4, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne. 77.12.12

Preferred Citation:

George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-12-12. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1870-9/1877/77-12-12-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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Letter not found. MS is a copy by Charles Daley.
[Dec 12 1877
Today I send off to the printers the last pages of F. Australiensis
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Bentham (1863-78), vol. 7.
except the index (which is ready) and today also they have packed up at Kew the last of your specimens to return to you. I shall long to hear of their safe arrival. NUNC DIMITIS.
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Cf. the 'nunc dimittis' or 'song of Simeon' in the Church of England evening service, quoting Luke 2: 29: 'Now lettest thy servant depart in peace'.
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