Old copy of a letter to the author of the Mercure introducing Les Stances to Voltaire

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CMV34507

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FS 322 A [M-RP], ‘Lettre à l’auteur du Mercure, introduisant les Stances, a M. de Voltaire [document manuscrit]’

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Old copy of a letter to the author of the Mercure introducing Les Stances to Voltaire

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Unknown: Author

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Brief Summary:

Old copy of a letter to the author of the Mercure introducing Les Stances to Voltaire

Detailed Summary:

The text was printed in the Mercure de France in June 1761, p.51.

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Bound with other manuscripts in vellum.

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History

Date:

c.1760

Ownership:

Owned by Marie-Charles-Apollin Briquet (1800-1881), and Paul-August-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).

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Bibliography

Bibliography:

Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024