Du Chatelet, Emilie, Voltaire, François Marie Arouet, Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de. Correspondence von Voltaire und Madame Du Chatelet mit Maupertuis
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CMV32847
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Jeschke Van Vliet Auctions Berlin- Lot 0027
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Du Chatelet, Emilie, Voltaire, François Marie Arouet, Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de. Correspondence von Voltaire und Madame Du Chatelet mit Maupertuis
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Copies of a collection of letters from Voltaire and Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet to Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis.
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A collection of early copies of the correspondence of Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet and Voltaire with Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis in an unknown hand. There are 40 letters from Voltaire and 77 letters from du Châtelet, all of which were most likely written before 1778.
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117 letters
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The letters are contained within contemporary paper envelopes with the title in ink on the cover inside a parchment folder.
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Comments have been made throughout in the margins of the letters in a hand with some parallels to Voltaire’s, providing additional information about names and dates mentioned in the letters. A marginal note in the first letter states that the original letters are in the possession of ‘V’, probably Voltaire, meaning that the copies were likely made before his death in 1778.
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