Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 24 November 1777 [D20919]

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CMV34086

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MA 638.80, ‘Letter : place not specified, to [Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet], 1777 Nov. 24’

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Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 24 November 1777 [D20919]

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J’ai lu plusieurs fois l’éloge de Kepler1, et j’ai toujours reconnu l’auteur; mais aiant cru trouver Fenelon dans la Lettre qui lui est attribuée, j’en ai douté à une seconde lecture, et je crois même actuellement qu’elle n’est pas de lui.

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Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 24 November 1777.

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2 pp.

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196 mm

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1

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24 November 1777

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024