Autograph letter signed from Jean Sylvain Bailly to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 22 February 1777 [D20576]
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CMV34181
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FS 317 C 27, ‘Lettre de Jean Sylvain Bailly à Voltaire [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Jean Sylvain Bailly to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 22 February 1777 [D20576]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Vous vous rappellerez peut-être un livre intitulé l’histoire de l’Astronomie ancienne
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Vous vous rappellerez peut-être un livre intitulé l’histoire de l’Astronomie ancienne
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Jean Sylvain Bailly to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 22 February 1777.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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183 x 146 mm
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1
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Bound with other letters in full red morocco, framed with three gilded fillets and a decorated spine. The edges are gilded.
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History
Date:
22 February 1777
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 the Charavay sale in Paris on 18 December 1880 (Lot.14), 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.
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