Autograph Postcard Signed
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CMV33441
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PBA Galleries, No.243573- Lot 223
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Autograph Postcard Signed
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Incipit Diplomatic:
For some reason or other it is believed in this country that Voltaire’s comment on Habbakuk was ‘ce gaillard l’a est capable de tout.’
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Brief Summary:
Autograph postcard signed from George Bernard Shaw to Dr. Annie M.S. Anderson in California, dated 23 October 1907.
Detailed Summary:
George Bernard Shaw claims that in England, it is believed that Voltaire said that Habbakuk was capable of anything. He adds that he does not know whether Voltaire really wrote that or not.
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1 f.
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1
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Undecorated
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The envelope is stamped with a London postmark.
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Sold at auction by PBA Galleries on 11 July 2013 (Lot 223) for $240.
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