Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 26 June [1762] [D10531]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34192
Shelfmark:
FS 319 C 6, ‘Lettre autographe signée du 26 juin [1762] [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 26 June [1762] [D10531]
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Vivent les lettres, vivent les arts, vivent ceux qui ont un peu de goust pour eux, et même un peu de passion.
Incipit Modernised:
Vivent les lettres, vivent les arts, vivent ceux qui ont un peu de goûst pour eux, et même un peu de passion.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 26 June [1762].
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
192 x 154 mm
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2
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Binding:
Contained in a protective sleeve bearing the mark of the Parisian house D. Janvier.
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A second, unknown hand has added the date ‘1761’ to the MS.
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Inclusions:
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:
26 June [1762]
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Origin (transcript):
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.109, p.50
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.109, ‘MS1’, p.50
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