Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Les Délices and dated 19 January [1759] [D8055]
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CMV34610
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MA 1752.24, ‘Autograph letter signed “V” : Geneva, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1759] Jan. 19.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Les Délices and dated 19 January [1759] [D8055]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Il est vrai mon très cher philosophe persécuté, que vous m’avez un peu mis dans votre livre in communi martirum
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Les Délices and dated 19 January [1759].
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4 pp.
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Height: 233 mm
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Undecorated
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A second, unknown hand has added the incorrect date of ‘1761’ to the MS.
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History
Date:
19 January [1759]
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Aux Délices
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Provenance:
Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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