Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Ferney and dated 2 January 1761 [D9513]
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CMV34715
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MA 1752.23, ‘Autograph letter signed “V” : Ferney, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, 1761 Jan. 2.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Ferney and dated 2 January 1761 [D9513]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je salue les frères en 1761 au nom de dieu et de la raison, et je leur dis, Mes frères, odi profanum vulgus et arceo
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Ferney and dated 2 January 1761.
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2 ff.
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Height: 229 mm
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Undecorated
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A Genevan post mark has been added to f.2v.
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2 January 1761
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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