Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, dated 25 June 1765 [D12659]
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CMV34197
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FS 318 E 12, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, dated 25 June 1765 [D12659]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Les gens de lettres doivent s’aimer monsieur, car en vérité les gens du monde et les gens d’église ne les aiment guères
Incipit Modernised:
Les gens de lettres doivent s’aimer monsieur, car en vérité les gens du monde et les gens d’église ne les aiment guères
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, dated 25 June 1765.
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2 ff.
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198 x 155 mm
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2
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An unknown hand has added three notes to the MS. The first reads: ‘à M. de Chabanon’. The second is the number ’98’ which has been crossed out. The third is another number, ’75’.
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25 June 1765
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[Ferney]
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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