Letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 6 February 1767 [D13924]

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CMV34205

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FS 318 E 20, ‘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 6 February 1767 [D13924]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Je vous réponds tard, mon cher confrère. J’ai été malade; je suis en Sibérie; on fait la guerre près de ma tanière, et j’y suis bloqué.

Incipit Modernised:

Je vous réponds tard, mon cher confrère. J’ai été malade; je suis en Sibérie; on fait la guerre près de ma tanière, et j’y suis bloqué.

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Partly

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Letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 6 February 1767.

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2 ff.

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190 x 152 mm

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3

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Voltaire has added the date to f.1r in his own hand. An unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first reads ‘à m. de Chabanon’. The second is the reference ’23 tome 9′. A postmark has been stamped on f.2v.

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6 February 1767

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Bibliography

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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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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024