Collection of unknown Voltaire letters, sent from the Imperial Library of St Petersburg [National Library of Russia] by M. de Gouroff to Adrien-Jean-Quentin Beuchot
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CMV36232
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Français 12943, ‘XLIX « Collection de lettres inédites de Voltaire, provenant de la bibliothèque impériale de St-Pétersbourg,» envoyées à Beuchot, par M. de Gouroff.’
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Collection of unknown Voltaire letters, sent from the Imperial Library of St Petersburg [National Library of Russia] by M. de Gouroff to Adrien-Jean-Quentin Beuchot
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A collection of unknown Voltaire letters, sent from the Imperial Library of St Petersburg [National Library of Russia] by M. de Gouroff to Adrien-Jean-Quentin Beuchot.
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116 ff.
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History
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c.18th
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Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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Originally part of the collections of the Imperial Library of St Petersburg [National Library of Russia]. The MSS were presumably part of the larger collection transported to Russia by Wagnière after Voltaire’s death. The MSS were later sent from M. de Gouroff to Beuchot, and were subsequently owned by Cayrol.
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