Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Niklaus Friedrich Steiger, baron de Montricher, written from Tournay and dated 2 January [1759] [D8022]
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CMV34268
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FS 318 E 53, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Niklaus Friedrich Steiger, baron de Montricher [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Niklaus Friedrich Steiger, baron de Montricher, written from Tournay and dated 2 January [1759] [D8022]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, J’apprends par mr de Brenles, que c’est à vous que je dois quelques livres anglais philosophiques, un Bollingbroke, homme disert sans méthode, un Hume qui me paraît plus méthodique, et non moins brave, un Midleton le plus honnête des prêtres, et
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Niklaus Friedrich Steiger, baron de Montricher, written from Tournay and dated 2 January [1759].
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2 ff.
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231 x 186 mm
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2
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A second, unknown hand has added a note to the MS reading ‘Lettre de Voltaire’.
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2 January [1759]
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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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