Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Jean Baptiste Berthier de Sauvigny, written from Ferney and dated 28 September [1771] [D17388]
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CMV33514
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PBA Auctions- Lot 203, ‘VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet, dit (1694-1778)’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Jean Baptiste Berthier de Sauvigny, written from Ferney and dated 28 September [1771] [D17388]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, il ny a que ma vieillesse et mon etat languissant qui aient pu m’empecher de venir vous faire ma cour aussi bien qua madame de Sauvigny.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, il n’y a que ma vieillesse et mon état languissant qui m’aient pu m’empêcher de venir vous faire ma cour, aussi bien qu’à madame de Sauvigny.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Jean Baptiste Berthier de Sauvigny, written from Ferney and dated 28 September [1771].
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that only his old age and languid state could have prevented him from coming to pay court to de Sauvigny and Madame de Sauvigny. He invites them to dine with himself and Marie-Louis Denis [née Mignot] [née Mignot] at their ‘hovel’ at Ferney. He adds that his is distressed to hear of Madame de Sauvigny’s indisposition and hopes that it will not have consequences serious enough to deprive him of their company for dinner. Voltaire ends by saying that he expects them tomorrow at two o’clock.
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2 pp.
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1
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The pages feature horizontal and vertical fold lines. There are two tears that have been repaired. There is a small circular stain in the lower left-hand corner of f.1r and the lower right-hand corner of f.1v.
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Sold at auction by Pierre Bergé & associates on 28 November 2008 (Lot 61). Sold again at auction by Drouot at 15 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris on 21 December 2009 (Lot 203) for €1750.
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vol.122, p.93-94
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