Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Louise Denis, written from Ferney and dated 7 July 1769 with a few autograph additions [D15734]
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MA 2152, ‘Letter : [n.p.], to Mme. Denis, Marie Louise Mignot, 1769 Jul. 7.’
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Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Louise Denis, written from Ferney and dated 7 July 1769 with a few autograph additions [D15734]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ai envoié, ma chère amie, à Mr Le Fevre, une Lettre assez instructive qui montre l’impossibilité que l’homme en question soit l’auteur du livre qu’on lui attribue.
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Contemporary copy of letter from Voltaire to Marie-Louise Denis, written from Ferney and dated 7 July 1769 with a few autograph additions.
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has made several notes throughout the MS.
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7 July 1769
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1961 with the Fellows Fund.
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