Secretarial copy of a letter in the hand of Simon Bigex from Claude Henri de Fusée de Voisenon to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 5 December 1769 [D16019a]
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CMV34162
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MS Voltaire 017 (Lee), ‘Lettre de Mr. L’abbé de Voisenon à Voltaire, Paris ce 5 Décembre 1769. rue poissonniere.’
Title:
Secretarial copy of a letter in the hand of Simon Bigex from Claude Henri de Fusée de Voisenon to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 5 December 1769 [D16019a]
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OCLC Number:
933897912
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
O mon divin ami, vous vous êtes aussi souvenu de moi!
Incipit Modernised:
O mon divin ami, vous vous êtes aussi souvenu de moi!
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Secretarial copy of a letter in the hand of Simon Bigex from Claude Henri de Fusée de Voisenon to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 5 December 1769.
Detailed Summary:
Claude Henri de Fusée de Voisenon praises Voltaire’s tragedy titled Les Guêbres, and includes some verse of his own.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
300 x 190 mm
Hands:
2
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Binding:
Unbound
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Wagnière has added a note to f.2v reading: ‘abbé de Voisenon sur les guêbres.’
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History
Date:
5 December 1769
Ownership:
Owned by J. Patrick Lee (1942-2006).
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Provenance:
Purchased by J. Patrick Lee from an eBay auction in March 2005. Acquired by McGill University Library in 2013.
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