Letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 25 March 1771 [D17106]

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CMV34226

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FS 318 E 41, ‘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 25 March 1771 [D17106]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Vraiment oui, mon cher ami, quoique les malades ne ressentent que leurs maux, j’ai senti vivement le triste état de douze mille honnêtes gens traittés comme des nègres par des chanoines et par des moines.

Incipit Modernised:

Vraiment oui, mon cher ami, quoique les malades ne ressentent que leurs maux, j’ai senti vivement le triste état de douze mille honnêtes gens traittés comme des nègres par des chanoines et par des moines.

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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 and dated 25 March 1771.

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2 ff.

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202 x 162 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 ‘218’. A postmark has been stamped on f.2v.

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25 March 1771

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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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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024