VOISENON Claude-Henri de Fusée, abbé de (1708-1775) abbé, poète, romancier et auteur dramatique [AF 1762, 13e f]. L.A.S. "l'abbé de Voisenon", and autograph MANUSCRIT with Charles-Simon FAVART (1710-1792), 1773 and n.d.; 2 pages small in-4, and 3 pages in-4 (engraved portrait attached). Belleville July 8, 1773. "Your name [] is made to like to protect and reward people of letters", notably their friend LEMIERRE. The duke of AIGUILLON "knows too much about people of distinguished merit not to do justice to yours". Le carillon de Belleville Song whose first five verses are in the hand of Voisenon, the other four in the hand of Charles-Simon Favart (as attested by his grandson Charles Favart): "The carillon of Belleville Is the carillon of pleasure, One joins there the pleasant to the useful one; Each one follows only his desire, It is there that one finds gaitté, freedom, and health. It is the stay of the good children, the good living, the good people ". The verses of Favart celebrate Voisenon : " Meslons nos chants au bruit des verres / Carillonnons pour Voisenon " then Justine, and Santerre