Notes on interviews with 77 witnesses, concerning the case of Jean François Lefèvre, chevalier de La Barre, and Mr Belleval prepared by or for Voltaire’s great nephew, Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy
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MS 55 (C)
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Notes on interviews with 77 witnesses, concerning the case of Jean François Lefèvre, chevalier de La Barre, and Mr Belleval prepared by or for Voltaire’s great nephew, Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy
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Notes on interviews with 77 witnesses, dating to 13 August 1765.
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Part of a dossier concerning the trial of Jean François Lefèvre, chevalier de La Barre, mostly documents for the defence prepared by or for Voltaire’s great nephew, Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy.
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362 x 248 mm
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The paper is watermarked with an indistinguishable image of a crowned creature inside a circle and indistinguishable text which features a heart.
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The MS is within a rag paper cover that has torn down the middle, creating two separate leaves. The MS consists of three sheets, bifolium, creating 12 pages. The leaves feature a horizontal fold line and multiple vertical foldlines used to create margins. There is an ink stain in the right-hand margin of p.21 and an ink splatter on p.24. Some of the text sparkles due to pounce having been absorbed into the ink.
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Likely from the papers of Louise Mignon, Madame Denis.
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Sold at auction by Lambert in Paris on 20 October 1957 (Lot 219) and again by Sotheby in London on 11 June 1968 (Lot 80).
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