Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Les Délices and dated 19 May [1758] [D7738]
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CMV34171
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FS 316 C 22, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Monsieur d’Argental [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Les Délices and dated 19 May [1758] [D7738]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher et respectable ami je bénis actuellement les anglais qui ont brûlé votre maison.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher et respectable ami je bénis actuellement les anglais qui ont brûlé votre maison.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Les Délices and dated 19 May [1758].
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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236 x 188 mm
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1
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A postmark has been stamped on f.2v. The final word on l.17 of f.1r has been crossed out.
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History
Date:
19 May [1758]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille Launoit (1891-1981).
Origin (transcript):
Aux Délices
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 November 1876 (Lot. 293) and the Morrison Sale by Sotheby’s in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot 1768).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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