Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Cirey and dated 4 December 1738 [D1673]
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CMV34893
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MA 1752.3, ‘Autograph letter : Cirey, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, 1738 Dec. 4.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Cirey and dated 4 December 1738 [D1673]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon très cher enfant, pardonnez L’expression, la langue du cœur n’entend pas le cérémonial, jamais vous n’éprouverez tant d’amitié et tant de sévérité.
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Cirey and dated 4 December 1738.
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3 pp.
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Height: 230 mm
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Undecorated
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4 December 1738
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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