Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Michel Lambert with a few autograph additions, written from Les Délices and dated 22 October 1755 [D6546]
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CMV34557
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MA 1765.6, ‘Letter signed : “aux Delices près de Genêve” [Geneva], to Michel Lambert, 1755 Oct. 22.’
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Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Michel Lambert with a few autograph additions, written from Les Délices and dated 22 October 1755 [D6546]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher Lambert, me voilà dans un étrange embarras
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
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Brief Summary:
Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Michel Lambert with a few autograph additions, written from Les Délices and dated 22 October 1755.
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4 pp.
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Height: 224 mm
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has added the final four lines of the letter in his own hand.
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History
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22 October 1755
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aux Delices près de Genêve
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Passed at the Laverdet sale in Paris on 2 June 1856 (Lot. 488). Bought by the Morgan Library in 1956.
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