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File copy of a letter from Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau to Voltaire, dated 23 May 1775 [D19491]
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: 23 May 1775
CMV: cmv37652
Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François de La Harpe, written in the hand of Wagnière and dating to c.20 April 1775 [D19430]
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: [20 April 1775]
CMV: cmv37651
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Alexandre Guillaumot, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 8 February 1773 [D18191]
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: 8 February 1773
CMV: cmv37636
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Anne Madeleine Louise Charlotte Auguste Bollioud de Saint-Julien, baronne d’Argental [née de La Tour Du Pin], written from Ferney and dated 25 August 1772 [D17885]
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: 25 August 1772
CMV: cmv37629
Contemporary copy of 'Le Droit du seigneur' with autograph corrections by Voltaire

Official approval of the MS has been recorded on p.107 in a note reading: ‘Lu et aprouvé les changemens. A Paris le 8 juin 1779. Suard. Vue l’aprobation, Permis de representer et d’imprimer ce 9 juin 1779. Lenoir.’

Repository: Comédie-Française, Paris, France
Date: 1760-1779
CMV: cmv37586
Contemporary copy of 'Le Droit du seigneur' submitted to the censor Crébillon in 1761

The MS consists of five fascicules bound together and was submitted to the censor, Crébillon by the comédiens in 1761. His official approval is noted on the verso of the final leaf: ‘Jay lu par ordre de Monsieur le Lieutenant Général de Police l’Ecueil du Sage et je crois que l’on peut en permettre la représentation. Ce 26 9bre 1761. Crébillon. Vû L’aprobation Permis de representer ce 28 9bre 1761. de Sartine.’

Repository: Comédie-Française, Paris, France
Date: 1761
CMV: cmv37585
Fragment of a contemporary copy of 'Entretiens chinois', written in the hand of Wagnière with autograph corrections by Voltaire

The copy begins at l.244 of the text and runs to l.276.

Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: c.1759
CMV: cmv37574
Fair copy of 'Sermon des cinquante', undated
Repository: Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris (BHVP), France
Date: c.18th
CMV: cmv37569
Copy of 'Mémoires pour servir à la vie de Monsieur de 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.

Repository: Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris (BHVP), France
Date: c.1784
CMV: cmv37558
Contemporary copy of 'Mémoires pour servir à la vie de Monsieur de Voltaire'

A leaf containing notes about Madame de Boufflers, attributed to Saint-Lambert, has been inserted between p.76 and p.77.

Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: c.1760
CMV: cmv37556

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