Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 15 December [1761] [D10210]
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CMV34189
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FS 319 C 4, ‘Lettre autographe signée du 15 décembre [1761] [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 15 December [1761] [D10210]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous avez raison monseigneur, vous avez raison. Il faut absolument que Cassandre soit innocent de l’empoisonnement d’Alexandre et qu’il soit bien évident qu’il n’a frappé Statira que pour deffendre son père.
Incipit Modernised:
Vous avez raison monseigneur, vous avez raison. Il faut absolument que Cassandre soit innocent de l’empoisonnement d’Alexandre et qu’il soit bien évident qu’il n’a frappé Statira que pour deffendre son père.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 15 December [1761].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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221 x 186 mm
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1
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Contained in a protective sleeve bearing the mark of the Parisian house D. Janvier.
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Included with the MS is an extract from a catalog describing the document and the ex-libris armor engraved by Baron de Launoit.
History
Date:
15 December [1761]
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Aux Délices
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
OCV Reference:
vol.108, p.170–172
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.108, ‘MS1’, p.172
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