Autograph letter from Voltaire to Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse Du Maine, written from Paris and dated 15 July 1747 [D3552].
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CMV33916
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5-240 (II, f.178-180), ‘Lettre à S. A. S. Mme la duchesse du Maine, sur la victoire remportée par le roi à Lawfeldt’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse Du Maine, written from Paris and dated 15 July 1747 [D3552].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Auguste fille et mère de héros.
Incipit Modernised:
Auguste fille et mère de héros.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse Du Maine, written from Paris and dated 15 July 1747.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is an autograph letter on the battle of Lauffeld.
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Physical Description
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3 ff.
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1
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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15 July 1747
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Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
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