Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Étienne-André Philippe de Prétot, written from Cirey and dated 15 January [1739] [inédit]
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CMV33285
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*KGV 09-168, ‘Letter : Cirey, France, to Étienne-André Philippe de Prétot, Paris, [1739] Jan. 15.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Étienne-André Philippe de Prétot, written from Cirey and dated 15 January [1739] [inédit]
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Étienne-André Philippe de Prétot, written from Cirey and dated 15 January [1739].
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Voltaire promises his continued support for François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’Arnaud, and sends a copy of his Eléments de la philosophie de Newton printed in Amsterdam in 1738.
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230 x 190 mm
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An inscription at the top of the letter reads: ‘À Monsieur Phillipe, rüe du Sentier, à Paris. Donné la feuille de l’adresse. Ecrite de la même main, à Mr. l’abbé Pataud curieux conservateur, comme monument.’
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