Letter signed from Voltaire to Suzanne Churchod Necker, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 14 January 1771 [D16937]
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CMV34152
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MS Voltaire 040, ‘Letter from Voltaire to Mme Necker, 14 january 1771.’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Suzanne Churchod Necker, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 14 January 1771 [D16937]
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983466227
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je n’écris jamais, Madame, de Lettres de jour de l’an; mais mon coeur vous est attaché tous les jours de ma vie.
Incipit Modernised:
Je n’écris jamais, Madame, de Lettres de jour de l’an; mais mon coeur vous est attaché tous les jours de ma vie.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Suzanne Churchod Necker, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 14 January 1771.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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200 x 120 mm
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3
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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An unknown hand has added a note to the end of the letter reading: ‘Voltaire Initial. In a Letter to Mme Necker’.
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History
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14 January 1771
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Provenance:
Passed at the Hodgson sale in London on 8 November 1922 (Lot. 867). Purchased by McGill University Library at the Atkinson sale in London on 25 May 1925.
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