Old copy of a dedication by Voltaire to Andrei Petrovitch Shuvalov

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CMV34512

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FS 322 A 110 [M-RP], ‘Voltaire au comte de Schouvalov [document manuscrit]’

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Old copy of a dedication by Voltaire to Andrei Petrovitch Shuvalov

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Brief Summary:

Old copy of a dedication by Voltaire to Andrei Petrovitch Shuvalov.

Detailed Summary:

The dedication was first printed in the Almanach des muses (Paris, 1767) p.6.

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1 pp.

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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

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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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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024