Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to M. de Roncières, written from Cirey and dated 4 August 1735 [D897]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35800

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.311-312)

Title:

Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to M. de Roncières, written from Cirey and dated 4 August 1735 [D897]

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Reproductions:

Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
M. de Roncières: Recipient

Incipit Diplomatic:

japrends une nouvelle charmante, vous revenez bientot monsieur

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In Own Hand:

Yes

Brief Summary:

Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to M. de Roncières, written from Cirey and dated 4 August 1735.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

2 ff.

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Hands:

2

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Binding:

The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.

Additional Comments:

The MS features one horizontal and two vertical fold lines. The wax seal is no longer extant but has caused some damage to f.312v.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A second hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.311r. There is a minor correction to l.8 of f.311r in the form of a crossing out with the addition of corrected text superscript.

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History

Date:

4 August 1735

Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.

Origin (transcript):

cirey

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