Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Thomas Marie de Baculard d’Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 9 October [1736] [D1164]
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CMV34177
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FS 315 C 8, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’Arnaud [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Thomas Marie de Baculard d’Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 9 October [1736] [D1164]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Si Roussau est mort c’est un méchant homme de moins, et ses derniers ouvrages ne font pas plus regreter le poète que sa conduite ne fait regreter l’homme.
Incipit Modernised:
Si Roussau est mort c’est un méchant homme de moins, et ses derniers ouvrages ne font pas plus regreter le poète que sa conduite ne fait regreter l’homme.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Thomas Marie de Baculard d’Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 9 October [1736].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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165 x 110 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 dates ‘1736’ and ‘1740’ to the MS.
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History
Date:
9 October [1736]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Provenance:
Passed at a Pearson sale in London c.1923 (pp.136-138).
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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