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Voltaire has added a postscript in his own hand.
The letter is signed ‘V’, but this appears to have been added by Wagnière rather than Voltaire.
The text of this MS is close to the clandestine editions of the text produced in 1784. Marginal notes restore the text to the original version (CMV37555). The MS is part of a bound collection known to have been used by the Kehl editors.
A leaf containing notes about Madame de Boufflers, attributed to Saint-Lambert, has been inserted between p.76 and p.77.
The letter begins with a poem known as ‘À monsieur le maréchal duc de Richelieu’. The verse is in Collini’s hand. The prose and date line are in Voltaire’s hand.
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