Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière with autograph corrections by Voltaire, dated 12 August 1774 [D19074]
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CMV34054
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MA 638.48, ‘Letter signed with initial : place not specified, to [Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet], 1774 Aug. 12’
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Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière with autograph corrections by Voltaire, dated 12 August 1774 [D19074]
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Je ne vous écris aujourd’hui, Monsieur le secrétaire, ni sur les sciences et les beaux arts, qui commencent à vous devoir beaucoup, ni sur la liberté de conscience dont on a voulu dépouiller ces beaux arts qui ne peuvent subsister sans elle.
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Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière with autograph corrections by Voltaire, dated 12 August 1774.
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2 ff.
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197 mm
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1
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Voltaire has corrected the text throughout and added the three concluding lines.
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12 August 1774
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