Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, dated 18 December 1767 [D14596]

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CMV34211

Shelfmark:

FS 318 E 26, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon [texte manuscrit]’

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Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, dated 18 December 1767 [D14596]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Mon cher enfant, mon cher ami, mon cher confrère, je ne me connais pas trop en C sol ut, et en f ut fa.

Incipit Modernised:

Mon cher enfant, mon cher ami, mon cher confrère, je ne me connais pas trop en C sol ut, et en f ut fa.

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

Partly

Brief Summary:

Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, dated 18 December 1767.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

2 ff.

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200 x 159 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 ‘186’.

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History

Date:

18 December 1767

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[Ferney]

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Bibliography

Bibliography:

Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024