Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, c.1745 [D3163]
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CMV33548
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PBA Auctions- Lot 76, ‘VOLTAIRE ‘
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, c.1745 [D3163]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
cher protecteur de mon ame je nay point fait du sottise car je nay rien fait du tout.
Incipit Modernised:
Cher protecteur de mon âme, je n’ai pas commis de sottise, car je n’ai rien fait du tout.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, c.1745.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire, addressing Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d’Argental as the protector of his soul, writes that he has not done anything stupid because he has done nothing at all. He adds that he has not seen either a man nor a priest but that he will see the loveliest of men and hopes to pay court to them first. In a postscript, he asks how the ‘other angel’, d’Argental’s wife, is.
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1 f.
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1
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The letter features multiple horizontal and vertical fold lines. There are remnants of a red wax seal at the top and bottom of the main fold line.
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Passed at the Morelli sale in Paris on 8 March 1869 (Lot. 580). Sold at auction by PBA Auctions in association with Sotheby’s in April 2017 for €3349.
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