Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Brussels and dated 14 August [1741] [D2529]
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CMV34895
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MA 1752.19, ‘Autograph letter : Brussels, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1741] Aug. 14.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Brussels and dated 14 August [1741] [D2529]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher confrère en Apollon j’ay reçu de vous une lettre charmante qui me fait regretter plus que jamais que les ordres de Plutus nous séparent quand les muses devroient nous raprocher.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, written from Brussels and dated 14 August [1741].
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2 ff.
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Height: 231 mm
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Date:
14 August [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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