Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter unsigned : [Cirey], to Charles Jean François Hénault, [1749 Jan. 15].

BIB_ID
119580
Accession number
MA 1814
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1749 Jan. 15].
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)
Notes
With a five-line note in the hand of Hénault on page one.
With address.
Provenance
Bought by Etienne Charavay at a Charavay sale, Paris, 25 June 1889, no. 22, no. 122.
Summary
Mentioning Emilie Du Châtelet's work on Newton: "Elle viennt d'achever une préface de Newton, qui est un chef-d'oevre et que fait honneur à son sex et à la France."