Contemporary copy of ‘À M. de Chaban… sur Pindare et Horace’, written from Ferney and dated 9 March 1772

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CMV36498

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MS Rés. 2031 (fol.397-398)

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Contemporary copy of ‘À M. de Chaban… sur Pindare et Horace’, written from Ferney and dated 9 March 1772

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Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

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Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of ‘À M. de Chaban… sur Pindare et Horace’, written from Ferney and dated 9 March 1772. The letter 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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A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘Lettre de M. de Voltaire à Mr de Chabanon’ to the right of the date line.

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History

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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