Note of Debt
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CMV33429
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Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH. Seller Inventory No.31002
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Note of Debt
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Incipit Diplomatic:
je promets fournir à mr jean moire cent mille livres a son ordre soit en argent comptant soit en lettres de change.
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Autograph note of debt written by Voltaire for Charles-Eugène, duke of Wurttemberg and count of Montbéliard.
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The note reads: ‘I confimr that I will provide Mr Jean Moire with 100,000 livres either in silver or in security papers. Combined with another 100,000 livres which I have already given him for the count of S.A.S., duke of Wurttemberg, this payment constitutes the sum of 200,000 livres of which S.A.S. will pay me the life annuities that we have agreed upon.’
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1 f.
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The page features a horizontal fold line. There is significant staining and some wear around this fold line, and a number of small holes along the fold line suggesting that the MS had once been bound.
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Sold on Abe Books by Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH. Asking price: £7616.08.
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