Autograph letter from Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Jean-Martin de Prades, written from Paris and dated 25 May 1753 [D5293]
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CMV37076
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VI. HA, Nl Prades, J. M. de, Nr. 12, ‘Maupertius an den Abbé de Prades: d´Alemberts Berufung nach Berlin; Voltaire; la Baumelle; eine in Paris erscheinende Darstellung des preußischen Hofes’
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Autograph letter from Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Jean-Martin de Prades, written from Paris and dated 25 May 1753 [D5293]
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Autograph letter from Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Jean-Martin de Prades, written from Paris and dated 25 May 1753.
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The letter discusses Jean Le Rond d’Alembert’s appointment to Berlin, Voltaire, Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle, and a depiction of the Prussian court published in Paris.
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