An Original Handwritten and Signed Letter with a Reply from Author Charles Stewart to Publishers Cadell and Davis with regards to his publication ‘Elements of Natural History.’ Dated 1804. Charles Stewart 1787-1817 was naturalist and author. Cadell and Davies was a publishing company established in London in 1793. The business was formed when bookseller and publisher Thomas Cadell the elder (1742–1802) bequeathed his business to his son Thomas Cadell the younger (1773–1836) and the elder Cadell's apprentice William Davies. Cadell & Davies shut down after Davies death in 1819. Cadell continued in business until his own death in 1836. Cadell & Davies published the 4th to 8th editions of James Boswell's Life of Johnson. Size is 310 x 185mm. Condition is good. Age toning.