Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Luise Dorothea, Herzogin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, written from Nyon and date 15 February [1760] [D8758]
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CMV34029
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MA 638.23, ‘Autograph letter signed : “à Nyon, au pays de Vaud, par Genève,” to [Louisa Dorothea of Meiningen, duchess of Saxe-Gotha], [1760] Feb. 15’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Luise Dorothea, Herzogin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, written from Nyon and date 15 February [1760] [D8758]
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Mademoiselle, Je vous fais ces lignes pour vous remercier de l’air gracieux dont vous avez bien voulu communiquer mes lettres à mademoiselle Custrin ma maîtresse pour qui j’ay toujours une passion secrette malgré ses infidélitez et ses caprices.
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Luise Dorothea, Herzogin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, written from Nyon and date 15 February [1760].
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2 ff.
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226 mm
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1
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15 February [1760]
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