Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Baptiste François Durey de Mesnières, written from Brussels and dated 6 April 1741 [D2458]
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CMV34259
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FS 315 C 10, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Jean-Baptiste Durey de Meynières [document manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Baptiste François Durey de Mesnières, written from Brussels and dated 6 April 1741 [D2458]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Depuis que je suis revenu de Berlin monsieur je ne suis pas sorti de la maison où je vis dans la plus profonde retraitte, tout entier aux arts, et à l’amitié, et absolument étranger au monde
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Baptiste François Durey de Mesnières, written from Brussels and dated 6 April 1741.
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2 ff.
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195 x 154 mm
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1
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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History
Date:
6 April 1741
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Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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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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