BIB_ID
309616
Accession number
MA 1752.3
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1738 Dec. 4.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1956.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Voltaire to the philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius. Letters in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary
Sending him notes on his epistles; saying that Emilie du Chatelet thinks highly of him; recommending that he work on his verses; discussing literary styles (alexandrine and the style of Marot); sharing his personal experience and making recommendations on how to proceed with his work; saying that he loves him like a son.
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