Letter signed from Voltaire to James Boswell, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 11 February 1765 [D12397]
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CMV33220
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GEN MSS 89, C3045, ‘Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (C 3044-3047), 1764, n.d.’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to James Boswell, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 11 February 1765 [D12397]
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Letter signed from Voltaire to James Boswell, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 11 February 1765.
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Voltaire writes that his distempers and bad eyes do not permit him to answer in the level of detail he had hoped. He writes that he knows nothing of the soul, adding that knowledge of it is the domain of young scholars and priests. He ends by saying that he has great regard for Boswell and would be delighted to show him his respect and obsequiousness (if he is still alive) the next time Boswell comes to Ferney.
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2 ff.
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2
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The MS features multiple horizontal and vertical fold lines. There is some staining to f.1r. The wax seal on f.2v is intact and has caused some damage to the paper
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