Letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 31 January 1766 [D13144]
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CMV34201
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FS 318 E 16, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon [texte manuscrit]’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 31 January 1766 [D13144]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ai tardé bien longtemps à vous répondre, Monsieur, mais j’ai dû craindre de ne vous répondre jamais.
Incipit Modernised:
J’ai tardé bien longtemps à vous répondre, Monsieur, mais j’ai dû craindre de ne vous répondre jamais.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 31 January 1766.
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2 ff.
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200 x 155 mm
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3
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An unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first reads ‘à m. de Chabanon’. The second is the number ‘152’. A postmark has been stamped on f.2v.
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31 January 1766
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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