Letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 6 February 1771 [D17006]
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CMV34225
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FS 318 E 40, ‘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 and dated 6 February 1771 [D17006]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher ami, je n’écris jamais pour écrire, mais quand j’ai un sujet je n’épargne pas ma plume, tout vieux et tout mourant que je suis.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher ami, je n’écris jamais pour écrire, mais quand j’ai un sujet je n’épargne pas ma plume, tout vieux et tout mourant que je suis.
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 6 February 1771.
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2 ff.
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198 x 160 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 reference ‘203 tome 10e’. A postmark has been stamped on f.2v.
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6 February 1771
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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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