Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Dortous de Mairan, written from Cirey and dated 1 December [1736] [D1215]
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CMV34256
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FS 316 C 13, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Dortous de Mairan, written from Cirey and dated 1 December [1736] [D1215]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’abuse de vos bontez monsieur, mais vous êtes fait pour donner des lumières, et moy pour en profiter.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Dortous de Mairan, written from Cirey and dated 1 December [1736].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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217 x 167 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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A slip of paper measuring 136 mm x 96 mm has been attached to the letter on f.1v with a small affixed tab. A diagram relating to physics has been drawn on this slip in pencil. A second scientific diagram has been draw at the bottom of f.1v and crossed out. The diagrams appear to be representing the same idea. There are a number of corrections throughout in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected and/or omitted text superscript. A second, unknown hand has added four note to the MS. The first reads ‘M. de Voltaire’. The second reads ‘a M. De Mairan’. The third is the date ‘1736’. The fourth is the number ’51’.
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History
Date:
1 December [1736]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Provenance:
Probably passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 18 December 1830 (Lot. 233). Then passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 March 1881 (Lot. 211) before entering the Morrison collection. Probably passed again at the Sotheby sale in London on 10 December
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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