Autograph letter signed from Jean Sylvain Bailly to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 29 January 1776 [D19890]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34180
Shelfmark:
FS 317 C 26, ‘Lettre de Jean Sylvain Bailly à Voltaire [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Jean Sylvain Bailly to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 29 January 1776 [D19890]
Collection(s):
Link to Archive Catalogue:
Link to Digital Resource:
OCLC Number:
Reproductions:
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Vos observations sont trop bonnes, Monsieur, vos doutes sont trop raisonnables, pour ne pas exiger des éclaircissemens.
Incipit Modernised:
Vos observations sont trop bonnes, Monsieur, vos doutes sont trop raisonnables, pour ne pas exiger des éclaircissemens.
Language(s):
In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Jean Sylvain Bailly to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 29 January 1776.
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Genre(s):
Status:
Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
209 x 166 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
Countermark:
Binding:
Bound with other letters in full red morocco, framed with three gilded fillets and a decorated spine. The edges are gilded.
Additional Comments:
Materiality Keywords:
Decorations:
Additions:
Marginalia Keywords:
Inclusions:
History
Date:
29 January 1776
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
Origin (transcript):
Origin:
Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 April 1880 (Lot. 48) before entering the Morrison collection. Bought by Pearson at the Sotheby sale in London on 10 December 1917 (Lot. 62).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
OCV Reference:
OCV Manuscript Reference:
Record created by:
Record created on: