Autograph note signed from Voltaire to Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey, dated 15 July [D4943]

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CMV33290

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MssCol 2037, b.11 (B), ‘Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de (French author) – 1 ans, 1 an 1752, n.d.’

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Autograph note signed from Voltaire to Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey, dated 15 July [D4943]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

recevez mes remerciements monsieur.

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Brief Summary:

Autograph note signed from Voltaire to Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey, dated 15 July [1752].

Detailed Summary:

Voltaire offers his thanks to Formey, noting that the last journal that he sent to him featured a piece by Albrecht von Haller which he considers being of ‘superior genius’. He concludes by saying that men do not yet know how they create children and ideas, but that Formey, who has worked so well in these two genres, should know more than anyone.

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1 f.

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1

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Owned by Gilbert Holland Montague (1880-1961).

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Donated to the New York Public Library by the Gilbert Montague Estate in 1962.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024