Autograph letter from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 1 January 1773 [D18133]
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CMV34389
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FS 318 E 126, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Joseph Vasselier [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 1 January 1773 [D18133]
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A propos, mon cher ami, je crois, Dieu me pardonne, que j’ai oublié de vous remercier du plaisir que vous avez bien voulu me faire d’envoier six Louis d’or au païs des chapons et des faux témoins.
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, written from Ferney and dated 1 January 1773
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1 f.
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199 x 161 mm
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1
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1 January 1773
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 15 December 1879 (Lot. 169).
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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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