Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to père Antoine François Prévost d’Exiles, abbé Prévost, dated 16 March 1737 [D1298]
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CMV34242
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FS 316 C 14, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Antoine François Prévost d’Exiles [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to père Antoine François Prévost d’Exiles, abbé Prévost, dated 16 March 1737 [D1298]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’avois déjà eu l’honneur de vous écrire monsieur avant de recevoir votre lettre du 4, et je croiois vous avoir donné mon adresse à Excellmans Dartignià Bar Leduc.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to père Antoine François Prévost d’Exiles, abbé Prévost, dated 16 March 1737.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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230 x 189 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Undecorated
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There is a small correction to l.10 of f.1r in the form of a crossing out and the addition of corrected text superscript. There is also a small amount of underlining across the same. A second, unknown hand has added five notes to the MS. The first two notes both read ‘1737’. The third reads ’16 Mars’. The fourth reads ‘Lettre de Voltaire’. The fifth reads ‘Lettre de V de 16 Mars.’
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History
Date:
16 March 1737
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 November 1876 (Lot. 292) before entering the Morrison collection. Probably passed again at the Sotheby sale in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot. 1768) or 10 December 1918 (Lot. 2120).
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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