Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont with several autograph corrections, written from Prangins and dated 7 January 1755 [D6073]
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CMV36273
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NAF 5158 (f.151-152), ‘II Lettres’
Title:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont with several autograph corrections, written from Prangins and dated 7 January 1755 [D6073]
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Incipit Modernised:
Sur vôtre lettre du 31 xbre mon cher ami, j’écris à Mr de La Marche une lettre à fendre les cœurs
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont with several autograph corrections, written from Prangins and dated 7 January 1755.
Detailed Summary:
The letter forms part of a larger collection of letters and diverse documents, most of which relate to literary and/or scientific questions.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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2
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Half-bound
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Voltaire has made corrections to the text throughout.
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History
Date:
7 January 1755
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Origin (transcript):
Prangin pays de Vaud près de Nyon
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Provenance:
Formerly part of the Libri and Ashburnham collections.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Leopold Delisle, Catalogue des manuscrits des fonds Libri et Barrois (Paris 1888), p.144.
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