Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, written from Paris and dated ‘mardy’ [22 September 1739] [D2077]
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CMV34258
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FS 318 E 9, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Louis Moreau de Maupertuis [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, written from Paris and dated ‘mardy’ [22 September 1739] [D2077]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Si je n’étois pas un peu malade ce matin, monsieur je volerois chez vous.
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Yes
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, written from Paris and dated ‘mardy’ [22 September 1739].
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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226 x 178 mm
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2
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A second, unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first reads ‘a Paris 22 septre 1739’. The second reads ‘m. de Voltaire’.
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[22 September 1739]
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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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