Letter : Ferney, France, to Jean-Antoine Lépine, Paris, 1772 Sept. 4.

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Letter : Ferney, France, to Jean-Antoine Lépine, Paris, 1772 Sept. 4.

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Manuscript of a letter by Voltaire, in the hand of Jean-Louis Wagniere, Voltaire's secretary. Addressed to the clockmaker Jean-Antoine Lépine; offers to lodge Lépine's son and his pupils at Ferney, where watchmakers and other craftsmen from Geneva and elsewhere had taken refuge under Voltaire's patronage. Dated at head of text: "A Ferney, par Lyon et Versoy, le 4 7bre 1772." Signed (p. [2]): Voltaire. Address reads: "A Monsieur de L'Épine, horloger du roi, place Dauphine, a Paris."

1 item ([4] p.) ; 20 cm.

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