Autograph letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, written from Ferney and dated 28 November 1771 [D17480]
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CMV34844
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MA 2152A, ‘Letter : [n.p.], to Alexandre Marie François-de-Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, 1771 Nov. 28.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, written from Ferney and dated 28 November 1771 [D17480]
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J’ai un grand désir Mon cher neveu de sçavoir Mme votre femme arrivée à Paris.
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, written from Ferney and dated 28 November 1771.
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28 November 1771
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Fernex
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Passed at the Sotheby sale in London on 11 June 1968 (Lot. 98). Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1961 with the Fellows Fund.
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