Letter signed from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph Saurin, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 28 February 1764 [D11727]
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CMV33991
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Seller Inventory # 33646, ‘Autograph letter signed “V” to the avocate and poet Bernard Joseph Saurin (1706-1781).’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph Saurin, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 28 February 1764 [D11727]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous avez fait, Monsieur, bien de l’honneur à ce Tomson
Incipit Modernised:
Vous avez fait, Monsieur, bien de l’honneur à ce Tomson
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph Saurin, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 28 February 1764.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Hands:
3
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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A third, unknown hand has added the phrase ‘à M Saurin’ to the upper left-hand corner of f.1r.
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History
Date:
28 February 1764
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 28 March 1882 (Lot. 3). Placed for sale by Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH (Vienna, A, Austria) on Abe Books in 2024 with an asking price of £24,611.85.
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OCV Reference:
vol.111, p.243–244
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.111, ‘MS1’, p.244
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