Partly autograph letter to François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif in the hands of Voltaire and Villaume, dated 10 October [1754] [D5948]
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CMV37732
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NAF 24337, ff.216-217
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Partly autograph letter to François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif in the hands of Voltaire and Villaume, dated 10 October [1754] [D5948]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vous remercie tendrement, mon cher confrère, de la compassion que vous témoignez pour les mutilés.
Incipit Modernised:
Je vous remercie tendrement, mon cher confrère, de la compassion que vous témoignez pour les mutilés.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
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Voltaire is writing to Paradis de Moncrif about the music of his opera libretto, Pandore, for which Jean-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer was supposed to be composing the music. To the proposed title for the work, Voltaire adds in his own hand ‘dans l’absense de l’autheur’. The date line and signature (‘v’) are autograph. The second leaf is blank on both sides.
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2 ff.
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2
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15 octb
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OCV, vol.99, p.264
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