File copy of a letter from Voltaire to Prince Dimitri Alexeivich Galitzin, written in the hand of Durey de Morsan with autograph corrections by Voltaire from Ferney and dated 19 June 1773 [D18431]
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CMV34248
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FS 315 C 38, ‘Lettre de Voltaire au prince de Gallitzin, ambassadeur à La Haye [document manuscrit]’
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File copy of a letter from Voltaire to Prince Dimitri Alexeivich Galitzin, written in the hand of Durey de Morsan with autograph corrections by Voltaire from Ferney and dated 19 June 1773 [D18431]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur le Prince, Vous rendés un grand service à la raison, en fesant réimprimer le livre de feu Mr Helvetius.
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Partly
Brief Summary:
File copy of a letter from Voltaire to Prince Dimitri Alexeivich Galitzin, written from Ferney and dated 19 June 1773.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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247 x 196 mm
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3
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Voltaire has made autograph corrections throughout, and added a postscript which has been crossed out. A second, unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first is the number ’98’. The second reads ‘De la main de Durey de Morsan secretaire momentané de Voltaire’. The recipient’s name has been crossed out.
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History
Date:
19 June 1773
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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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Passed at the Fillon-Potier sale in Paris on 30 May 1882 (Lot. 87).
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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