VOLTAIRE
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CMV33548
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PBA Auctions- Lot 76
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VOLTAIRE
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Incipit Diplomatic:
cher protecteur de mon ame je nay point fait du sottise car je nay rien fait du tout.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, c.1745.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire, addressing Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d’Argental as the protector of his soul, writes that he has not done annything stupid because he has done nothing at all. He adds that he has not seen either a man nor a priest but that he will see the laveliest of men and hopes to pay court to them first. In a postscript, he asks how the ‘other angel’, d’Argental’s wide, is.
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1 f.
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1
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The letter features multiple horizontal and vertical fold lines. There are remnants of a red wax seal at the top and bottom of the main fold line.
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