Contemporary signed copy of a letter from Voltaire to Elie Bertrand, written from Aux Délices and dated 6 April 1756 [D6818]
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CMV33992
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Seller Inventory # 29858, ‘Letter with 4 autogr. lines.’
Title:
Contemporary signed copy of a letter from Voltaire to Elie Bertrand, written from Aux Délices and dated 6 April 1756 [D6818]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Me voila toujours cloué à mes Délices mon cher Monsieur, on proye aux maladies et aux ouvriers.
Incipit Modernised:
Me voilà toujours cloué à mes Délices, mon cher Monsieur, en proye aux maladies et aux ouvriers.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Contemporary signed copy of a letter from Voltaire to Elie Bertrand, written from Aux Délices and dated 6 April 1756.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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2
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Unbound
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The address on f.2v has been added in Voltaire’s hand.
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History
Date:
6 April 1756
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Origin (transcript):
Aux Délices
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Provenance:
Passed at the Griolet sale in Geneva in April 1910 (Lot. 273) where it was bought by Dreyfus, Geneva, and the Asta Hoepli sale in Zurich on 26 May 1933 (Lot. 47). Placed for sale by Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH (Vienna, A, Austria) on Abe Books
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OCV Reference:
vol.101, p.139–140
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