Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Ferney and dated 19 March [1761] [D9683]
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CMV34175
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FS 315 C 28, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d’Argental [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Ferney and dated 19 March [1761] [D9683]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
C’est pourtant aujourdui le jeudy de l’absoute mes chers anges, et le Kain n’est point arrivé.
Incipit Modernised:
C’est pourtant aujourd’hui le jeudi de l’absoute mes chers anges, et le Kain n’est point arrivé.
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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 Ferney and dated 19 March [1761].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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228 x 187 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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A second, unknown hand has added the number ’46’ to the manuscript.
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History
Date:
19 March 1761
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Bibliography
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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