Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, dated 13 August [1760] [D9141]
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CMV35154
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MA 1752.31, ‘Autograph letter signed “V” : place not specified, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1760] Aug. 13.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, dated 13 August [1760] [D9141]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ai lù deux fois vôtre Lettre mon cher philosophe, avec une extrème sensibilité, c’est ma destinée de relire ce que vous écrivez.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, dated 13 August [1760].
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4 pp.
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Height: 225 mm
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The year ‘1764’ has been added to the MS in a second, unknown hand.
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13 August [1760]
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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