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VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) - VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. Voltaire is a pseudonym, his name being François-Marie Arouet. Voltaire is known for his attacks on Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and expression, and separation of church and state. Rare A.L.S., ` Voltaire ´, three pages, 4to, Les Délices, Geneva, 10th December 1760, in French. An unusual letter by Voltaire responding to a letter addressed to him on this same letter, partially to the lower part of the first page, beneath the text of the correspondent and to the second and third pages. The upper part of the first page is a letter sent to Voltaire relating to a legal court case referring to the rights of the King, King Louis XV of France, on the lands of La Perriere. They report that the inheritors of de Fleury in Bourgogne request the renouncement of President Mr. de Brosses, owner of part of the land known as ”la terre de Tourney” and the renouncement of Mr. de Voltaire who holds the usufruct. The text refers to the official and written renouncement that they are expecting from Mr. De Brosses and the renouncement and further discharge of Voltaire.   Voltaire responds stating in part ` Monsieur, J´obéis a vos ordres avec autant de reconnaissance que de joye, jay l´honneur de de vous envoier ma requeté contenant ma declaration que je renonce a la haute justice de la perriere, qu´elle appartient au Roy et que l´amande prononcée en ma faveur ne m´appartient pas. J´envoye un double de ma requeté a Monsieur l´Intendant de Bourgogne et je le supplie de vouloir bien exiger que Monsieur le préseident de Brosses signe ce double comme il le doit. Si Monsieur de Brosses fait quelque difficulté j´aurai toujours rempli mon devoir…´ (Translation: ” Sir, I obey your orders with as much gratitude as joy, I have the honour to send you my request containing my declaration, that I renounce to the high justice of the Perriere, that it belongs to the King, and that the fine issued to me does not belong to me. I send a duplicate of my request to the Intendant of Burgundy and I beg him to request that the President de Brosses sign this duplicate as he should. If Monsieur de Brosses makes any difficulty, I will always have fulfilled my duty...”) Paper with watermark. The last page has been neatly and professionally inlaid. G to VG   La Perriere was a land situated next to the lake of Geneva.   In 1760, Voltaire wrote ` La république de Genève a cédé cette juridiction au roi en 1749, par un traité solennel. On ne voit pas par quelle raison les officiers du bailliage de Gex, qui doivent être instruits de ce traité, ont attribué la haute justice de la Perrière aux seigneurs de Tournay. Il est démontré qu'elle appartient à Sa Majesté´ ( Translation: ” The Republic of Geneva ceded this jurisdiction to the King by a solemn treaty in 1749. We do not understand why the officers of Gex, who must be informed of this treaty, attributed the high justice of La Perrière to the lords of Tournay. It is clear that it belongs to Her Majesty”)   Provenance: From the celebrated collection of Robert de Flers (1872-1927) French playwright, opera librettist and journalist. The manuscripts amassed by de Flers were dispersed in 2014 at an auction in Paris conducted by Beaussant Lefevre.