Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Guillaume Claude de Laleu, written from Lyon and dated 20 November 1754 [D5989]
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CMV35162
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MA 1765.5, ‘Autograph letter signed with initial : Lyon, to [Guillaume Claude] de Laleu, 1754 Nov. 20.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Guillaume Claude de Laleu, written from Lyon and dated 20 November 1754 [D5989]
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Je sens Monsieur dans mes malheurs une consolation bien touchante que vous ayez eu la bonté de vous charger de mes affaires.
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Guillaume Claude de Laleu, written from Lyon and dated 20 November 1754.
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3 pp.
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Height: 207 mm
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A postmark has been stamped above the address. The MS is endorsed: ‘Répondu Le 26 9bre et envoyé le billet de mr Demontmartel de 166400’.
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20 November 1754
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Passed at the Monmerqué sale in Paris on 11 March 1861 (Lot. 3850) and the Techener sale in Paris on 4 April 1865 (Lot. 1962). Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956.
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