Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre à l’occasion de l’impôt du vingtième’ in the hand of Longchamp, with autograph additions by Voltaire

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CMV37514

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Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre à l’occasion de l’impôt du vingtième’ in the hand of Longchamp, with autograph additions by Voltaire

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Voltaire: Author, Editor

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

Partly

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Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre à l’occasion de l’impôt du vingtième’ in the hand of Longchamp, with autograph additions by Voltaire.

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17 pp.

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2

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Undecorated.

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Voltaire has made additions throughout.

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History

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[1749]

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Provenance:

Passed at the Bédoyère sale in Paris on 24 April 1862 (Lot. 70) and the J. Vidal-Mégret and D. Gomez sale in Paris on 30 November 1988 (Lot. 215). The present whereabouts of the manuscript are unknown.

Bibliography

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OCV Reference:

vol.31B, p.289-314

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.31B, p.302, ‘MS1’

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

8 September 2025