Partly autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Lambert, written from Colmar and dated 1 June [1754] [D5834]
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CMV37725
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Partly autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Lambert, written from Colmar and dated 1 June [1754] [D5834]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis faché pour vous, Monsieur, que vous aïez fait une nouvelle édition des deux prémiers volumes de cet Essay si informe et si défiguré de la prétenduë histoire universelle.
Incipit Modernised:
Je suis fâché pour vous, Monsieur, que vous ayez fait une nouvelle édition des deux premiers volumes de cet Essai si informe et si défiguré de la prétendue histoire universelle.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
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Partly autograph letter from Voltaire to Michel Lambert, written from Colmar and dated 1 June [1754] [D5834]. The main secretarial hand is that of Samuel Villaume. Voltaire is complaining about a printing Lambert had made of the work that was to become the Essai sur les mœurs. The final paragraph, valediction and signature are in Voltaire’s hand.
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1 f.
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1er juin
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OCV, vol.99, p.155
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