Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Paris and dated 11 May [1761] [D9777]
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CMV35071
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MA 1752.26, ‘Autograph letter : Paris, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1761] May 11.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Paris and dated 11 May [1761] [D9777]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suppose mon cher philosophe que vous jouissez àprésent des douceurs de la retraitte à la campagne.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Paris and dated 11 May [1761].
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4 pp.
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Height: 226 mm
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The year has been added to the date line in a later, unknown hand.
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11 May [1761]
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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