Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy,dated 5 July 1773 [D18454]

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CMV34852

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MA 2152A, ‘Letter : [n.p.], to Alexandre Marie François-de-Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, 1773 Jul. 5.’

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Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy,dated 5 July 1773 [D18454]

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Mon cher Picard, ceux qui se portent bien ont pu vous faire leurs compliments sur L’embrion de l’âme immortelle logée depuis deux mois entre le rectum et la vessie de Madame d’Hornoy

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Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy,dated 5 July 1773.

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5 July 1773

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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1961 with the Fellows Fund.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024