Autograph letter signed from Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey to Voltaire, dated 31 January 1751 [D4365a]
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CMV36790
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MS 121.12
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Autograph letter signed from Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey to Voltaire, dated 31 January 1751 [D4365a]
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Je ne scaurois assez vous remercier, Monsieur, de la faveur que vous m’avez faite, en m’accordant la lecture du beau morceau que j’ai l’honneur de vous renvoyer.
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Autograph letter signed from Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey to Voltaire, dated 31 January 1751.
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1 f.
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179 x 109 mm
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2
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The MS has been folded in half horizontally (since unfolded). The paper is soiled, and there is an ink blot on f.1v. There is a second ink blot, this time in blue ink, in the upper right-hand corner of f.1r.
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There is a small correction to f.1r in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript. The word ‘l’abbreviation’ on l.18 of the same folio has been underlined. On f.2v, Wagnière has added a note which reads ‘formey sur mad de chatelet’.
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