Original letter from Voltaire to Michel Lambert, in the hands of Voltaire and Villaume, dated 6 October [1754] [D5944]
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CMV37735
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MS-FS-11-003, f.184-185
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Original letter from Voltaire to Michel Lambert, in the hands of Voltaire and Villaume, dated 6 October [1754] [D5944]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je fais mille compliments à Monsieur Lambert et mes éxcuses des peines que je lui donne.
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Je fais mille compliments à Monsieur Lambert et mes excuses des peines que je lui donne.
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Voltaire asks Michel Lambert to send him Luigi Ferdinando, conte di Marsigli’s Stato militare dell’imperio ottomano. He sends logistical instructions regarding proofs and printing and reminds Lambert that he is expecting an answer regarding a proposed joint publishing venture with the Cramer brothers of Geneva. He asks Lambert to sell the bulkier (folio and quarto) volumes that he left in Paris when leaving for Prussia in 1750. The final line (‘jattends de ses nouvelles’) and the signature (‘v’) are autograph.
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2 ff.
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The letter is stamped ‘COLMAR’. At the bottom of f.184r the number ‘295’ (?) appears in pencil. On f.185v, in the space that would have formed the reverse of the folded letter, someone has recorded the number ‘38640’.
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6 8bre
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OCV, vol.99, f.261
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