Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, dated 7 January 1760 [D8704]
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CMV33840
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Français 12934 (fol.5)
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Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, dated 7 January 1760 [D8704]
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MF 23568
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Jai toujours eu Monsieur beaucoup dEstime pour toute votre famille, et je vois que vous navez pas degeneré.
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Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, dated 7 January 1760.
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Voltaire begins by saying that he has great esteem for Prault and all of his family, adding that it is a great sorrow to him to not be able to be as useful to him in his retirement as he might otherwise have been. Voltaire then notes that Prault’s collection of his writings [mentioned in D8625] contains interesting works and asks that Prault sends him a copy.
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1 f.
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The paper has been folded into four and since unfolded.
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An asterisk has been added to the upper left-hand corner of f.5r. The address Voltaire has included in the body of the letter has been underlined.
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