Autograph draft of the declaration of the Duke of Richelieu in the United Kingdom
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CMV34483
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FS 315 C 20, ‘Déclaration du duc de Richelieu au Royaume-Uni [document manuscrit] : brouillon autographe de la main de Voltaire’
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Autograph draft of the declaration of the Duke of Richelieu in the United Kingdom
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Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of the declaration of the Duke of Richelieu in the United Kingdom
Detailed Summary:
The declaration was to be given by Richelieu in England at the time of the Jacobean expedition.
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1 pp.
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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History
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[1745]
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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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