Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Claude-Henri Fuzée de Voisenon, dated March 1758 [D7685]

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CMV34508

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FS 322 A 137 [M-RP], ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Claude-Henri Fuzée de Voisenon, mars 1758 [document manuscrit]’

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Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Claude-Henri Fuzée de Voisenon, dated March 1758 [D7685]

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Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

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Mon cher évêque j’ai été enchanté de votre souvenir & de votre beau mandement israëlite

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Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Claude-Henri Fuzée de Voisenon, dated March 1758.

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1 pp.

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Bound with other manuscripts in vellum.

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History

Date:

March 1758

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