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Autograph letter signed from Anne-Rose Calas [née Cabibel] to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 27 December 1766 [D13773]
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CMV36175
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Voltaire Foundation
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MS 124.10
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Monsieur, Cet moin pour me conformer à l’usage ordinaire, que pour satisfaire, mon devoir et mon inclination
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English
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The MS is sealed with black wax.
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History
Date:
27 December 1766
Ownership:
Owned by L.G. Hawkins and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
Paris
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Paris, France
Provenance:
Passed at the Liepmannsohn sale in Berlin c.1905 (Lot. 414) before passing into the ownership of L.G. Hawkins. Passed again at the Sotheby sale in London on 1 July 1975 (Lot. 180).
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