Letter signed from Voltaire to George Colman, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 15 November 1768 [D15317]
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CMV34234
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FS 316 C 29, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Monsieur Colman, directeur des spectacles, à Londres [texte manuscrit]’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to George Colman, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 15 November 1768 [D15317]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Si je pouvais écrire de ma main, Monsieur, je prendrais la liberté de vous remercier en anglais du présent que vous me faittes de vos charmantes comédies
Incipit Modernised:
Si je pouvais écrire de ma main, Monsieur, je prendrais la liberté de vous remercier en anglais du présent que vous me faittes de vos charmantes comédies
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to George Colman, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 15 November 1768.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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232 x 186 mm
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3
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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An unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first reads ‘LS’. The second reads ‘Lr from Voltaire of Novr. 15. 1768’. A postmark has been stamped on f.2v. Corrected text has been written over the top of incorrect text on l.9 of f.1r.
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History
Date:
15 November 1768
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Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Descended from lord Northwick to E. G. Spencer-Churchill. Bought by James at a Sotheby sale in London on 3 June 1918 (Lot. 503).
Bibliography
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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