Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Paris and dated 3 October [1739] [D2086]
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CMV34894
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MA 1752.12, ‘Autograph letter signed “V” : Paris, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1739] Oct. 3.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Paris and dated 3 October [1739] [D2086]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon jeune Apollon j’ay reçu votre charmante lettre.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Paris and dated 3 October [1739].
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3 pp.
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Height: 223 mm
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Undecorated
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The year initially read ‘1749’ and was corrected.
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3 October [1739]
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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