Secretarial copy of ‘À M. de Chaban… sur Pindare et Horace’, written in the hand of Wagnière and corrected by Voltaire
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CMV36497
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Français 12939 (p.465-468)
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Secretarial copy of ‘À M. de Chaban… sur Pindare et Horace’, written in the hand of Wagnière and corrected by Voltaire
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Secretarial copy of ‘À M. de Chaban… sur Pindare et Horace’, written in the hand of Wagnière and corrected by Voltaire. The letter was written from Ferney to Mr. De Chabanon and was dated 9 March 1772. It is one of the “lettre véritables” of the Commentaire historique sur les œuvres de l’auteur de La Henriade (1776).
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4 pp.
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2
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Voltaire has corrected the letter throughout.
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9 March 1772
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ferney
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OCV Reference:
vol.78B-78C
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.78B, p.165