Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 12 March 1766 [D13207]
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CMV33237
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.308-311), ‘Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand’
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Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 12 March 1766 [D13207]
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767738209
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis enchanté, Madame, de me rencontrer avec vous; ce n’est pas seulement par vanité, c’est parce qu’à mon avis lorsque deux personnes qui ont le sens commun et qui sont de bonne foi, pensent de même sans s’être rien communiqué, il y a à parier qu’elles ont raison.
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Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 12 March 1766.
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4 pp.
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Height: 330 mm
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2
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The paper is watermarked with three different watermarks: text reading ‘Sebille van Ketel & Wassenbergh’; a shield with the initials ‘SKW’; and text reading ‘D&C Blauw’.
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The text is contained within frames of plummet. The binder’s blank flyleaves at the beginning and end are in c.19th wove paper. The binder has titled the collection: ‘Recueil de letters. Tome 1’.
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Undecorated
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There are corrections and marginal notes scattered throughout. Additional pencil annotations have been added in a later hand.
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