Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Enghien-les-Bains, and dated 6 July 1739 [D2040]
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CMV35111
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MA 1752.11, ‘Autograph letter : Anguien [i.e., Enghien-les-Bains], to Claude Adrien Helvétius, 1739 July 6.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Enghien-les-Bains, and dated 6 July 1739 [D2040]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vois mon charmant amy que je vous avois écrit d’assez mauvais vers, et qu’Apollon n’a pas voulu qu’ils vous parvinssent
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Enghien-les-Bains, and dated 6 July 1739.
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4 pp.
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Height: 225 mm
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6 July 1739
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Anguien
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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