Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet and Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, written in the hand of Jean-Louis Wagnière and dated 11 October 1770 [D16695]

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CMV34036

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MA 638.30, ‘Letter : [Ferney?], to [Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat,] marquis de Condorcet and [Jean Le Rond d’Alembert], 1770 Oct. 11’

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Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet and Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, written in the hand of Jean-Louis Wagnière and dated 11 October 1770 [D16695]

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Le vieux malade de Ferney embrasse de ses deux maigres bras les deux voiageurs philosophes qui ont adouci ses maux pendant quinze jours.

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Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet and Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, written in the hand of Jean-Louis Wagnière and dated 11 October 1770.

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2 pp.

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186 mm

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11 October 1770

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024