Letter signed from Voltaire to Guillaume-Joseph Dupleix de Bacquencourt, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 October 1776 [D20327]
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CMV33987
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Seller Inventory # 62575, ‘Brief mit eigenh. Unterschrift.’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Guillaume-Joseph Dupleix de Bacquencourt, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 October 1776 [D20327]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur Si j’avais soupçonné que les colons de ferney demandassent une injustice, en implorant les graces du Roi, je n’aurais jamais sollicité vôtre protection pour eux.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Si j’avais soupçonné que les Colons de Ferney demandassent une injustice, en implorant les grâces du Roi, je n’aurais jamais sollicité vôtre protection pour eux.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Guillaume-Joseph Dupleix de Bacquencourt, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 October 1776
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2 ff.
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3
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has signed the letter. An unknown hand has added the phrase ‘R[eçu]. le 17 9b[re] 1776’ in the upper right-hand corner of f.1r.
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4 October 1776
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Passed at the Sotheby sale in London on 11 June 1968 (Lot. 125). Placed for sale by Kotte Autographs GmbH (Roßhaupten, Germany) on Abe Books in 2024, with an asking price of £8,358.10.
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