Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 29 April 1774 [D18914]
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CMV34438
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FS 318 E 175, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Joseph Vasselier [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 29 April 1774 [D18914]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher controlleur, je vous adresse aujourd’hui une petite boëte pour vôtre facteur des Lettres Monsr Raynaud citoien et châtelain de la province de Ferney, qui viendra la prendre chez vous.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 29 April 1774.
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1 f.
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158 x 97 mm
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1
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29 April 1774
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 15 December 1879 (Lot. 169).
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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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