Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Brussels and dated 20 June 1741 [D2501]
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CMV34714
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MA 1753.18, ‘Autograph letter : Brussels, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, 1741 June 20.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Brussels and dated 20 June 1741 [D2501]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je me gronde bien de ma paresse mon cher et aimable amy, mais j’ay été si indignement occupé de prose depuis un mois que j’osois à peine vous parler de vers.
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Brussels and dated 20 June 1741
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3 pp.
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Height: 229 mm
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20 June 1741
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Bruxelles
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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