Letter from Voltaire to l'Académie Française [manuscript], [1776].
Voltaire, 1694-1778, sender.; Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.; Académie française.

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Title
Letter from Voltaire to l'Académie Française [manuscript], [1776].
Description
1 v.
Associated name
Voltaire, 1694-1778, sender.
Perry, Marsden J. (Marsden Jasiel), 1850-1935, former owner.
Académie française.
Scope and content
The letter discusses Shakespeare.
Language Note
In French.
Note
Emendations, which may be in Voltaire's hand, in part adopted in the printed text. See A catalogue of Shakespeareana with a prefatory essay by Sidney Lee, 1899, no. 881.
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Provenance
M.J. Perry ms.
Genre/form
Manuscripts, French.
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)

Item Details

Call number
W.b.116
Folger accession
cs964

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