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The Cirey “académie”

Vue du château de Cirey suivant comme il doit être quand il sera fini 1742 huile sur panneau de bois,

Frontispiece to Voltaire’s Elémens de la Philosophie de Neuton

The frontispiece to Voltaire’s Elémens de la Philosophie de Neuton (published in Amsterdam in 1738) depicts Du Châtelet holding a mirror to reflect the light from Newton down to the author Voltaire, thus contributing to her reputation as an expositor of Newton rather than as a philosophe. This image was not included in other editions […]