Letter from Voltaire to Marie Jean Antoine de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 12 January 1778 [D20979]
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MA 638.81, ‘Letter : place not specified, to [Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat,] marquis de Condorcet, 1778 Jan. 12’
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Letter from Voltaire to Marie Jean Antoine de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 12 January 1778 [D20979]
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Mon philosophe universel dont les lumières m’étonnent, et dont l’amitié m’est de jour en jour plus chère, je suis affligé et honteux d’avoir été d’un autre avis que vous sur l’adorable Fenelon, et sur la dernière tentative d’un vieillard de quatre vingt q
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Letter from Voltaire to Marie Jean Antoine de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 12 January 1778.
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2 pp.
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196 mm
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1
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The letter has been stamped with a postmark.
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12 January 1778
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