Letter from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 7 August 1769 [D15803]
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CMV34223
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FS 318 E 38, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon [texte manuscrit]’
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Letter from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 7 August 1769 [D15803]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’aimerais encor mieux, mon cher ami, une bonne Tragédie et une bonne Comédie que des éloges de Racine et de Moliere
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J’aimerais encor mieux, mon cher ami, une bonne Tragédie et une bonne Comédie que des éloges de Racine et de Moliere
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Letter from Voltaire to Michel Paul Guy de Chabanon, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 7 August 1769.
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2 ff.
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197 x 159 mm
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2
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An unknown hand has added three notes to the MS. The first reads ‘à m. de Chabanon’. The second is the date ‘7 auguste 1769′. The third is the number ’64’. A postmark has been stamped on f.2v.
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7 August 1769
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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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