BIB_ID
309622
Accession number
MA 1752.7
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1739 Feb. 25.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1956.
Description
1 item (4 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
Complimenting him on his epistles [Épître sur l'amour de l'étude]; objecting to the royal censorship which makes contemporary writings mediocre; offering advice on writing, including an "infallible rule" on how to compose verse; thanking him for what he did for Arnaud whom he recommends as if he were his son.
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