[AUTHORS & ARTISTS]. VOLTAIRE, Franois Marie Arout de. Autograph letter signed ("de l'hermite V") to the Count of Novouroff, Ferney, 30 October 1761, 2 pages, 4to, in French, an extremely witty letter. in which the author states his prefence for the "heros of theater" rather than the "heros of the courts," mocks the Jesuits and proclaims that he can compose a tragedy in a mere six days -- Sir Edward LANDSEER. Autograph letter signed to McKinley, London, 22 November 1838. 1 page, 8vo, declining a dinner invitation due to "the effects of a boorish cold" -- Pietro Antonio BARCA, Architect of Milan Cathedral (ALS on designs for a bridge, 19 June 1616), David d'Angers (ALS), J.L. Foley (ALS), Edmond de Goncourt (ALS), Gabriel-Jean-Baptiste Wilfrid Legouv (ALS), Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (2 ALS), Sir Richard Westmacott (ALS regarding antiquities in the British Museum), Leo Tolstoy (Secretarial letter) -- and 3 others. Together 14 items. (14)

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[AUTHORS & ARTISTS]. VOLTAIRE, Franois Marie Arout de. Autograph letter signed ("de l'hermite V") to the Count of Novouroff, Ferney, 30 October 1761, 2 pages, 4to, in French, an extremely witty letter. in which the author states his prefence for the "heros of theater" rather than the "heros of the courts," mocks the Jesuits and proclaims that he can compose a tragedy in a mere six days -- Sir Edward LANDSEER. Autograph letter signed to McKinley, London, 22 November 1838. 1 page, 8vo, declining a dinner invitation due to "the effects of a boorish cold" -- Pietro Antonio BARCA, Architect of Milan Cathedral (ALS on designs for a bridge, 19 June 1616), David d'Angers (ALS), J.L. Foley (ALS), Edmond de Goncourt (ALS), Gabriel-Jean-Baptiste Wilfrid Legouv (ALS), Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (2 ALS), Sir Richard Westmacott (ALS regarding antiquities in the British Museum), Leo Tolstoy (Secretarial letter) -- and 3 others. Together 14 items. (14)

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Please note that this lot also contains an ALS of Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), 2 pages, 4to, for a total of 15 items. Please note that this lot is being sold not subject to a reserve.