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Voltaire’s October 14, 1764 letter in English to Mr. Vaillant, pasted into a fair-copy manuscript of La Pucelle, ca. 1762

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Voltaire’s October 14, 1764 letter in English to Mr. Vaillant, pasted into a fair-copy manuscript of La Pucelle, ca. 1762
Collection

La Pucelle d'Orléans : poëme, divisé en vingt chants, avec des notes : manuscript [not before 1762]

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1764
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KGV (Voltaire. Pucelle. 1762b) 08-39
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Content: Mounted on front pastedown: Voltaire. Letter : Chateau de Ferney, to Mr. [Paul] Vaillant, 1764 Oct. 14. 1 p. Holograph signed, in English. Entreating the addressee "to send this little brief to the author of the Monthly review." Published in Voltaire's Correspondence and related documents, v. 28, p. 162, no. D12142 (Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 112).
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 191603041
Barcode: 33433064341070
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16424186
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 59cf8af0-c607-012f-6d8b-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1764: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Voltaire’s October 14, 1764 letter in English to Mr. Vaillant, pasted into a fair-copy manuscript of La Pucelle, ca. 1762" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1764. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-1cdc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Voltaire’s October 14, 1764 letter in English to Mr. Vaillant, pasted into a fair-copy manuscript of La Pucelle, ca. 1762" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-1cdc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1764). Voltaire’s October 14, 1764 letter in English to Mr. Vaillant, pasted into a fair-copy manuscript of La Pucelle, ca. 1762 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-1cdc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Voltaire’s October 14, 1764 letter in English to Mr. Vaillant, pasted into a fair-copy manuscript of La Pucelle, ca. 1762