Record

RefNoMS/82/24
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Anne Claude] Count de Caylus to [Brook Taylor]
CreatorCaylus; Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac, Comte de; (1692-1765); French antiquarian; author; collector
Date1716-1718
DescriptionHopes to see Taylor again while he is in France. Sending books and papers as requested. Has not been able to do much algebraic work. Asks Taylor to send any corrections he is making to his book, especially on angles, curves. Asks to explain a page from the history of fluxions.
Thanks for the correspondence with [John] Keill who has fully convinced him [in relation to the controversy with Gottfried Leibniz].
When he is back in Paris, he will publish his Tragedy, which he will send to Taylor.

[Clarification: Misdated at the top as 1720; previously misattributed to Conti. Dated on the basis of Brook Taylor's travels to France, identification based on content, signature]
LanguageFrench
Extent4pp.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6093Taylor; Brook (1685 - 1731)1685 - 1731
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