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Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle

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Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle

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Auction Date:2012 Nov 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
French author (1657–1757) who Voltaire described as ‘the most universal mind produced by the era of Louis XIV.’ Manuscript vellum DS, in French, signed “le Bouvier de Fontenelle,” one page, 7.5 x 5.5, March 10, 1700. Untranslated document in French in which Fontenelle recognizes a debit of 125 livres. In very good condition, with a central horizontal fold, moderate scattered toning, a central cancellation hole, some show-through from a docketing signature affecting the beginning of Fontenelle’s, as well as a couple portions of the countersignature crossing into it.