Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 16 July 1777 [D20732]
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CMV34475
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FS 318 E 213, ‘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 16 July 1777 [D20732]
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Le vieux malade l’avait bien dit qu’il ne verrait jamais l’illustre voiageur.
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 16 July 1777.
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1 f.
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157 x 99 mm
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1
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16 July 1777
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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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