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HELVÉTIUS Claude-Adrien (1715-1771)
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HELVÉTIUS Claude-Adrien (1715-1771)
L.A.S. "Helvetius", Lumigny by Rosay 18 October, to a countess [Marie-Françoise-Renée de Carbonnel-Canisy, countess de FORCALQUIER]| 3 pages in-4 (slight freckles).
Rare letter from the philosopher.
"I was desperate to leave without wooing you, you had gone out the day I was going to take leave of Monsieur le Comte de Forcalquier.
I fear that despite my prayers you took the trouble to go to my wife's house, and I pout a little. In truth you treat me as if you have no more kindness for Moy. The Count was angry when I left that I had not brought my wife to him more often, and in truth it was not my fault, for we had an infinite number of arrangements to make in the house [...]. Moreover she is so abominably lazy that it is a quarrel that I have to have with her every time I take her out. Please excuse me to your brother because it is always you that I turn to and ask for news of her health, which I am extremely worried about".
L.A.S. "Helvetius", Lumigny by Rosay 18 October, to a countess [Marie-Françoise-Renée de Carbonnel-Canisy, countess de FORCALQUIER]| 3 pages in-4 (slight freckles).
Rare letter from the philosopher.
"I was desperate to leave without wooing you, you had gone out the day I was going to take leave of Monsieur le Comte de Forcalquier.
I fear that despite my prayers you took the trouble to go to my wife's house, and I pout a little. In truth you treat me as if you have no more kindness for Moy. The Count was angry when I left that I had not brought my wife to him more often, and in truth it was not my fault, for we had an infinite number of arrangements to make in the house [...]. Moreover she is so abominably lazy that it is a quarrel that I have to have with her every time I take her out. Please excuse me to your brother because it is always you that I turn to and ask for news of her health, which I am extremely worried about".