Copy of a letter from Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand to Voltaire, dated 9 April 1770 [D16283]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV33647

Shelfmark:

*KGV+ 11-194 (p.491-493), ‘Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand’

Title:

Copy of a letter from Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand to Voltaire, dated 9 April 1770 [D16283]

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No related manuscripts found.

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OCLC Number:

767738209

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Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

C’est donc à un Révérend père capucin à qui J’ay affaire aujourd’huy; vous avez choisy une Etrange métempsicose.

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Copy of a letter from Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand to Voltaire, dated 9 April 1770.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

3 pp.

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Dimensions:

Height: 330 mm

Hands:

2

Watermark:

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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Binding:

Bound with other letters in the collection in c.19th half dark green morocco, gilt, with marbled paper boards and marbled endleaves.

Additional Comments:

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’. There is a large stain in the upper right-hand corner of p.443.

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The text is contained within frames of plummet.

Additions:

There are corrections and marginal notes scattered throughout. Additional pencil annotations have been added in a later hand.

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Provenance:

Part of the Martin J. Gross Collection.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024