Autograph letter from La Beaumelle to Voltaire, accompanied by a ‘Liste des classiques François, à l’usage de Monseigneur le Prince Royal’ annotated by Voltaire, undated
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CMV33758
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MS 54 (K), ‘Dossier of papers in the possession of Laurent Anglivel de La Beaumelle at the time of his imprisonment in the Bastille in April 1753’
Title:
Autograph letter from La Beaumelle to Voltaire, accompanied by a ‘Liste des classiques François, à l’usage de Monseigneur le Prince Royal’ annotated by Voltaire, undated
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
An autograph letter from La Beaumelle to Voltaire. The letter is accompanied by a ‘Liste des classiques François, à l’usage de Monseigneur le Prince Royal’.
Detailed Summary:
The ‘Liste’ has been annotated by Voltaire.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
4 pp.
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Dimensions:
229 x 188 mm
Hands:
2
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Countermark:
P.55-58 are countermarked with the initials ‘IV’.
Binding:
The MS is not bound with other MS in this collection. Instead it is contained within a grey cardboard folder.
Additional Comments:
The MS consists of 1 sheet of paper, bifolium There is a large central hole, and a smaller hole in the lower left-hand margin. A series of holes run along the central fold line, suggesting that it had been part of a bound collection at one time. There is damage to the lower edge of p.57-58 caused by a wax seal (now missing). Remnants of wax on p.58 suggests that the wax seal was red. The pages feature a number of horizontal and vertical fold lines.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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Voltaire has annotated the list in the margins, offering value judgements on the texts. Corresponding symbols have occasionally been drawn to link this marginalia to specific sections of the list.
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Ownership:
Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps.
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Provenance:
Sold at auction by Sotheby in London on 28-29 June 1976 (Lot 4167) for £2600 plus commissions.
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