Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Adrien Michel Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore, written from Aux Délices and dated 12 December 1757 [D7514]
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CMV34142
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Autogr.Cim. Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de.4, ‘Brief von Voltaire an N. N.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Adrien Michel Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore, written from Aux Délices and dated 12 December 1757 [D7514]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
ma mauvaise santé monsieur ma empeché de vous remercier plustot de votre poeme sur lamiral bing.
Incipit Modernised:
Ma mauvaise santé, monsieur, m’a empêché de vous remercier plus tôt de votre poème sur l’amiral Byng
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Adrien Michel Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore, written from Aux Délices and dated 12 December 1757.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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1
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has corrected the address on the envelope by crossing out a word and adding the corrected text superscript. A Genevan postmark has been stamped above the address on the envelope.
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The letter is accompanied with its original envelope and a modern transcription.
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12 December 1757
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