Autograph letter from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 8 May 1772 [D17731]
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CMV34370
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FS 318 E 107, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Joseph Vasselier [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 8 May 1772 [D17731]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher correspondant, je fais réflexion que les équivoques gouvernent ce monde.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 8 May 1772.
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1 f.
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185 x 111 mm
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2
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A second, unknown hand has added the number ’29’ to the MS, deleted this number, and written instead ’30’.
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8 May 1772
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 15 December 1879 (Lot. 169).
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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