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Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 12936

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 12936

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  1. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marguerite Madeleine Du Moutier, marquise de Bernières, dating to c.5 September 1724 [D205]
  2. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marguerite Madeleine Du Moutier, marquise de Bernières, dated ‘ce samedi au soir’ [12 June 1723] [D154]
  3. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marguerite Madeleine Du Moutier, marquise de Bernières, dating to c.March 1725 [D225]
  4. Autograph letter from Voltaire to François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, written from La Rivière and dated 24 September [1723] [D164]
  5. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dating to c.25 November 1724 [D223]
  6. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated ‘ce vendredy’ [c.8 June 1736] [D1085]
  7. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 24 F[ebruary 1738] [D1462]
  8. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 11 October 1738 [D1625]
  9. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 15 [January 1739] [D1780]
  10. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 4 [February 1739] [D1846]
  11. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude-Adrien Helvétius, dated 5 January 1740 [D2130]
  12. Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from the Camp de Hundsfeld and dated 24 July 1743 [D2795]
  13. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, dating to c.1 November 1745 [D3251]
  14. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson, 2nd marquis d’Argenson, dated ‘jeudy a onze heures du soir’ [13 May 1745] [D3117]
  15. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, written from Paris and dated 1 May 1746 [D3373]
  16. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson, 2nd marquis d’Argenson, written from Paris and dated 10 June 1746 [D3412]
  17. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson, 2nd marquis d’Argenson, written from Paris and dated 28 June 1746 [D3421]
  18. Autograph letter signed from François-Joachim de Pierres de Bernis to Voltaire, dated 17 August 1746 [D3448]
  19. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson, 2nd marquis d’Argenson, dating to 22 July 1746 [D3442]
  20. Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Augustin Calmet, written from Lunéville and dated 15 February 1748 [D3618]
  21. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude-Adrien Helvétius, dated 2 May [1739] [D2000]
  22. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’ Argental, dated 10 September 1749 [D4014]
  23. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’Argenson, 2nd marquis d’Argenson, written from Lunéville and dated 11 September 1749 [D4017]
  24. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claire Josèphe Hippolyte Léris de La Tude, Mademoiselle Clairon, dated May 1750 [D4146]
  25. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marie-Louise Denis [née Mignot], written from Berlin and dated 15 February 1751 [D4379]
  26. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Colmar and dated 10 November 1754 [D5979]
  27. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Prangins and dated 2 February 1755 [D6128]
  28. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, dating to c.6 July 1755 [D6334]
  29. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, dated 13 August 1755 [D6406]
  30. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Les Délices and dated 26-27 August 1755 [D6445]
  31. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Denis Diderot, written from Montriond and dated 28 February 1757 [D7175]
  32. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, dating to August 1757 [D7347]
  33. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’ Argental, written from Lausanne and dated 5 January 1758 [D7555]
  34. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 29 May 1760 [D8946]
  35. Contemporary copy of an extract of a letter from Voltaire to Sabina von Bassewitz, gräfin von Bassewitz, written from Ferney and dated 22 January 1761 [D9568]
  36. Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Tournay and dated 29 May 1759 [D8323]
  37. Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dating to 23 June 1761 [D9844]
  38. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Etienne-Noël Damilaville, dated 4 June 1762 [D10484]
  39. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Etienne-Noël Damilaville, dated 14 June [1762] [D10507]
  40. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, dated 2 March 1763 [D11062]
  41. Letter from Voltaire to Claude-Adrien Helvétius, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 26 July 1763 [D11322]
  42. Signed, autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-François de Chatillard de Montillet-Grenaud, archbishop of Auch, written from Ferney and dated 29 May 1764 [D11898]
  43. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre-Louis d’Aquin de Château-Lyon, written from Les Délices and dated 22 June 1764 [D11941]
  44. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Ferney and dated 21 September 1764 [D12096]
  45. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to La Gazette littéraire de l’Europe, dating to c.15 October 1764 [D12144]
  46. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 March 1765 [D12431]
  47. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Geneva and dated 30 August 1765 [D12857]
  48. Contemporary copy of a letter from Charles-Jean-François Hénault to Voltaire, dated 28 December 1765 [D13069]
  49. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Etienne-Noël Damilaville, written from Ferney and dated 4 February 1766 [D13156]
  50. Letter from Voltaire to Philippe Charles François Joseph de Pavée, marquis de Villevieille, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 10 March 1766 [D13203]
  51. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre Lullin, written from Ferney and dated 30 January 1766 [D13142]
  52. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Ferney and dated 6 August 1766 [D13478]
  53. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Ferney and dated 15 September 1766 [D13560]
  54. 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 28 October 1766 [D13631]
  55. Letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 11 December 1766 ‘à 11 heures du matin’ [D13727]
  56. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental , written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 29 December 1766 [D13776]
  57. Letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental , written in the hand of Wagnière and dated ‘Vendredy au soir’ 2 January 1767 [D13790]
  58. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated ‘Dimanche au soir’ 4 January 1767 [D13801]
  59. Letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 5 January [1767] ‘à deux heures’ [D13804]
  60. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 7 January 1767 [D13814]
  61. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 8 January 1767 ‘au soir’ [D13820]
  62. Secretarial copy of a letter from Marie-Louise Denis [née Mignot] to Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written from Ferney and dated 10 January 1767 [D13829]
  63. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 12 January 1767 [D13833]
  64. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 13 January 1767 [D13839]
  65. Letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 25 January 1767 [D13878]
  66. Letter from Voltaire to Bernard Louis Chauvelin, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 26 January 1767 [D13882]
  67. Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière with autograph additions by Voltaire and dated 30 January 1767 [D13904]
  68. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 2 February 1767 [D13907]
  69. Letter signed from Marie-Louise Denis [née Mignot] to Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written from Ferney and dated 3 February 1767 [D13914]
  70. Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 6 February 1767 [D13923]
  71. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 27 [December 1766] [D13768]
  72. Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Godefroy de La Tour d’ Auvergne Bouillon, written from Ferney and dated 25 November 1767 [D14551]
  73. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, dated 14 March [1768] [D14830]
  74. Letter from Voltaire to Henri-Lambert d’Herbigny, marquis de Thibouville, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 2 April 1768 [D14911]
  75. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, dated 4 April [1768] [D14915]
  76. Letter from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 11 April 1768 [D14937]
  77. Letter from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 20 April 1768 [D14970]
  78. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, dated 30 August [1767] [D14398]
  79. File copy of a letter from Voltaire to François Morénas, written in the hand of Bigex and dating to April 1768 [D14989]
  80. Letter signed from Voltaire to Anne Madeleine Louise Charlotte Auguste Bollioud de Saint-Julien, baronne d’Argental [née de La Tour Du Pin], written in the hand of Bigex from Ferney and dated 12 September 1768 [D15206]
  81. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Anne-Marie Fiquet Du Boccage [née Le Page], dated 26 October 1768 [D15274]
  82. Old copy of a letter from Louise Honorine Crozat Du Châtel, duchesse de Choiseul [née Crozat] to Pierre Jacques Claude Dupuits, written from Versailles and dated 14 December 1768 [D15366]
  83. Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Renée de Pommereul [née Bichon] in the hand of Simon Bigex, written from Ferney and dated 29 December 1768 [D15397]
  84. Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Étienne-François de Choiseul in the hand of Simon Bigex, dating to c.1 June 1771 [D17220]
  85. Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles-Joseph, prince de Ligne, written from Ferney and dated 28 July 1769 [D15778]
  86. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Ferney and dated 4 September 1769 [D15872]
  87. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis-Amable Deprez de Crassier, written from Les Délices and dating to c.1760 [D9025]
  88. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis-Amable Deprez de Crassier, written from Ferney and dated 25 December [1760] [D9496]
  89. Letter signed from Voltaire to Marie-Anne Deprez de Crassier, written in the hand of Wagniére from Ferney and dated 23 March 1760 [1770] [D16251]
  90. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Ferney and dated 10 July 1769 [D15742]
  91. Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 8 August 1770 [D16569]
  92. Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 16 December 1770 [D16838]
  93. File copy of a letter from Voltaire to René-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin de Maupeou, marquis de Morangles, written in the hand of Bigex and dating to c.20 November 1772 [D18033]
  94. Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph de Thomassin, baron de Juilly, written from Ferney and dated 11 October 1771 [D17398]
  95. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Henri-Lambert d’Herbigny, marquis de Thibouville, dated 12 October 1771 [D17400]
  96. Letter from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 12 February 1772 [D17596]
  97. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Denis Diderot, dated 18 May 1772 [D17749]
  98. Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Catherine II of Russia, written from Ferney and dated 17 August 1772 [D17868]
  99. Incomplete autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Catherine II of Russia, 1 October 1772 [D17942]
  100. File copy of a letter from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 16 September 1772 [D17915]
  101. File copy of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-François de La Harpe, written in the hand of Bigex and dating to c.1 July 1772 [D17809]
  102. Incomplete contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dating to 12 January 1767 [D13833]
  103. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written from Ferney and dated 1 February 1773 [D18166]
  104. File copy of a letter from Voltaire to Antoine Raymond Jean-Gualbert Gabriel de Sartines, written in the hand of Collini from Ferney and dated 6 April 1773 [D18297]
  105. Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to François-Joachim de Pierres de Bernis, dated 10 July 1773 [D18462]
  106. Draft of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jeanne Bécu, comtesse Du Barry, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 20 September 1773 [D18554]
  107. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Ferney and dated 15 December 1773 [D18688]
  108. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, dated 14 March [1774] [D18850]
  109. Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph de Thomassin, baron de Juilly, written from Ferney and dated 27 November 1774 [D19204]
  110. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Lyon and dated 2 September [1775] [D19640]
  111. Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, dated 26 August 1774 [D19095]
  112. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Ferney and dating to c.6 May 1774 [D18928]
  113. Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Louis-François de Monteynard, written from Ferney and dated 18 October 1773 [D18592]
  114. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François de Vaines, written from Ferney and dated 28 July [1776] [D20229]
  115. 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 6 July [1776] [D20206]
  116. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, dating to c.15 October 1766 [D13610]
  117. Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph de Thomassin, baron de Juilly, written from Ferney and dated 6 November 1776 [D20386]
  118. Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Camp de Hundsfeld and dated 24 July 1743 [D2795]
  119. Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, dating to 12 August 1757 [D7341]
  120. Autograph letter signed from Catherine II of Russia to Voltaire, dating to 6 April 1771 [D17127]
  121. Contemporary copy of a letter from Alexander the Great to his mother, written at the time of his death, said to have been found amongst the papers of Voltaire
  122. Draft of Chapter 6 of Le Pyrrhonisme de l’histoire (1768), written in the hand of Bigex with autograph corrections by Voltaire
  123. Notebook fragment concerning André Duchesne, written in the hand of Bigex with autograph additions by Voltaire, c.1750-1755

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