Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph François Edouard de Corsembleu Desmahis and Adrien Cuyret de Margency, dating to 1755/56 [D6663]
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CMV34632
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MA 1765.3, ‘Autograph letter signed with initial : place not specified, to [Joseph François Edouard de Corsembleu] Desmahis and [Adrien Quiret de] Margency, [1755-1756?].’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph François Edouard de Corsembleu Desmahis and Adrien Cuyret de Margency, dating to 1755/56 [D6663]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Ainsi Bachaumont et Chapelle / Ecrivirent dans le bon temps
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Ainsi Bachaumont et Chapelle / Ecrivirent dans le bon temps
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph François Edouard de Corsembleu Desmahis and Adrien Cuyret de Margency, dating to 1755/56.
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2 pp.
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Height: 238 mm
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has made some revisions throughout.
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History
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1755/1756
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 7 March 1883 (Lot. 200), and again on 18 January 1890 (Lot. 144). Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956.
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