BIB_ID
309638
Accession number
MA 1752.11
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1739 July 6.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1956.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.5 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
Telling him about a letter he sent him that contained verses and got lost in the mail; saying that he will send him a copy of his work when he receives one from his booksellers; discussing problems with his Dutch publishers; describing Brussels as a place where literature is not appreciated; informing him that he finished Mahomet; asking for his help in making his latest play public without revealing its author.
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