Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Robert Smith, written from Paris and dated 10 October [1739] [D2089]
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CMV35738
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Add. MS c/21/31, ‘Copy of letters from Philip Barton, Robert Smith to William Hanbury, and from Voltaire to [Robert Smith?]’
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Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Robert Smith, written from Paris and dated 10 October [1739] [D2089]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Sr J have perus’d yr book of optics.
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Sir, I have perused your book of optics.
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Brief Summary:
A copy of a letter from Voltaire to Robert Smith, dated 10 October [1739]. Also included are copies of letters from Philip Barton and Robert Smith to William Hanbury.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that he has read Robert Smith’s book of optics, adding that he cannot be so mightily please with a book without loving the author of it. He adds that Smith follows Sir Isaac Newton closely in ‘the path of truth and glory’.
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History
Date:
10 October [1739]
Ownership:
Given by Christopher Wordsworth to Edleston.
Origin (transcript):
Paris
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Given to Trinity College by Edleston’s daughter.
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