Autograph letter signed from Gabriel Senac de Meilhan to Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, written from Valenciennes and dated 23 October 1779
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CMV36823
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Gros & Delettrez, Lot 211, ‘SENAC DE MEILHAN, Gabriel (1736-1803), écrivain’
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Autograph letter signed from Gabriel Senac de Meilhan to Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, written from Valenciennes and dated 23 October 1779
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Incipit Diplomatic:
jay recu monsieur, la lettre que vous mavez ecrite
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Gabriel Senac de Meilhan to Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, written from Valenciennes and dated 23 October 1779.
Detailed Summary:
Gabriel Senac de Meilhan thanks Panckoucke for his letter, and for sending him the letters that he found in Voltaire’s collection. He adds that he believes that there should be other letters in Voltaire’s collection, and notes that he would be obliged if Panckoucke could send these extra letters to him as well. De Meilhan concludes by saying that he has some letters from Voltaire in his own collection will send them to Panckoucke.
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1 f.
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1
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There are dots of ink across the page. It appears that another document was placed on top of this one, with the ink from the upper document seeping through.
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Owned by Claude Seignolle (1917-2018).
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Passed at the Gros & Delettrez sale in Paris on 15 December 2022 for €1,100 (Lot 211).
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