Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, dated 17 February 1776 [D20003]
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CMV34468
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FS 318 E 205, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Joseph Vasselier [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, dated 17 February 1776 [D20003]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Parmi tant de lettres, mon cher ami, et surtout parmi tant de lettres anonimes que je reçois tous les jours, ne pouriez vous point me dire de quel bureau me vient celle cy?
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph Vasselier, dated 17 February 1776.
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2 ff.
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190 x 118 mm
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1
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17 March [1776]
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 15 December 1879 (Lot. 169).
Bibliography
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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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