Extract from the Register of Burial Acts of the Convent House of the Abbey of Notre Dame de Sellières, Diocese of Troyes, for the year 1778 concerning the burial of Voltaire
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Gros & Delettres, Lot 47, ‘VOLTAIRE François Marie Arouet (1694-1778)
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Extract from the Register of Burial Acts of the Convent House of the Abbey of Notre Dame de Sellières, Diocese of Troyes, for the year 1778 concerning the burial of Voltaire
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Aujourd’hui deux juin 1778, a été Inhumé dans cette Eglise, [?] François Marie Arouet De Voltaire
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Extract from the Register of Burial Acts of the Convent House of the Abbey of Notre Dame de Sellières, Diocese of Troyes, for the year 1778 concerning the burial of Voltaire.
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The first minutes were written on the same day of the burial, 2 June 2 1778. A second set of minutes were added on 8 June 1778 by Dom Potherat and Dom Nicolas Meunier, explaining the conduct to be followed, according to Voltaire’s last wishes, for the burial in Ferney.
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Faded text has been written over again in darker ink. There is some underlining throughout.
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Passed at the Gros & Delettrez sale in Paris on 1 June 2005 for €1500 (Lot 47).
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