BIB_ID
309647
Accession number
MA 1752.18
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1741 June 20.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1956.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.9 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
Suggesting that prose is inferior to poetry; discussing, at length, the oeuvre of Boylau [Boileau] and its legacy; telling him about the lessons Helvétius should draw from Boylau's literary style.
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