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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, dated 27 October 1766 [D13626]
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CMV34619
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The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
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MA 1752.33, ‘Autograph letter : place not specified, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, 1766 Oct. 27.’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous me donnez, mon illustre philosophe, l’espérance la plus consolante et la plus chère.
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French
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, dated 27 October 1766.
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Letter
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ALS
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
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4 pp.
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Height: 232 mm
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27 October 1766
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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