The frontispiece to Voltaire’s
Elémens
de la philosophie de Neuton
(Amsterdam, 1738), a celebrated popularization
of Newton’s
science,
shows the author’s lover and collaborator, Mme
du
Châtelet, reflecting
the light of truth, emanating from Newton, onto
the inspired Voltaire.
–
Rare Books Division, NYPL
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