Autograph letter signed : Bern, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1740 Nov. 8.

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Autograph letter signed : Bern, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1740 Nov. 8.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/659780883

Congratulating Maupertuis on his reception at Berlin by Frederic the Great, and discussing Frederic as the "philosopher King." Anticipating an appointment as a professor at Utrecht, and mentioning his attempts to publish a German translation of Maupertuis's book on the shape of the Earth (Figure de la Terre, 1738).

1 item (4 p.) ; 22.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7951078

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