Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Henri Feydeau de Marville, dated 5 March 1746 [D3332]
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CMV33580
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W.a.167, ‘Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Henri Feydeau de Marville, ca. 1746 March 5’, after p.96
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Henri Feydeau de Marville, dated 5 March 1746 [D3332]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis venu plusieurs fois Monsieur vous faire ma cour, mais vous êtes le plus introuvable magistrat de ce monde.
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Je suis venu plusieurs fois, monsieur, vous faire ma cour, mais vous êtes le plus introuvable magistrat de ce monde.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claude Henri Feydeau de Marville, dated 5 March 1746.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that his letter is accompanied by an Italian work written for certain Italian academies of which he is a member. He states that he wants five dozen copies of this work to be printed, and that the copies should be sent to M. de Foncemagne.
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Owned by Etienne Charavay.
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Passed at the Monmerqué sale in Paris on 2 May 1837 (p.106, no.1315); the Laverdet sale in Paris on 11 May 1861 (p.140, no.1244); and the Dubrunfaut sale in Paris on 22 December 1884 (p.11, no.34).
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