Signed letter from Voltaire to Michel Paul Gui de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 9 December 1764 [D12231]
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CMV34196
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FS 318 E 11, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon [texte manuscrit]’
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Signed letter from Voltaire to Michel Paul Gui de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 9 December 1764 [D12231]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Si on était sûr, Monsieur, d’avoir après sa mort des panégiristes tels que vous, il y aurait bien du plaisir à mourir.
Incipit Modernised:
Si on était sûr, Monsieur, d’avoir après sa mort des panégiristes tels que vous, il y aurait bien du plaisir à mourir.
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Signed letter from Voltaire to Michel Paul Gui de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 9 December 1764
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1 f.
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234 x 187 mm
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3
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An unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first reads: ‘à M. de Chabanon’. The second is the number ‘150’.
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9 December 1764
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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