Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, written from Champs-sur-Marne and dated 22 June [1745] [D3154]
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CMV34263
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FS 315 C 18, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif [document manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, written from Champs-sur-Marne and dated 22 June [1745] [D3154]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon très aimable silphe, ma lettre fera touttes les cascades qu’elle voudra; et arrivera quand elle poura.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, written from Champs-sur-Marne and dated 22 June [1745].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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187 x 132 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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A second, unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first reads ‘1745 à m de Moncrif’. The second is the date ‘1746’.
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History
Date:
22 June [1745]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
Origin (transcript):
Chalons-sur-Marne
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 12 July 1879 (Lot. 162), the Charavay sale in Paris in March 1887 (Lot. 325), and the Charavay sale in Paris on 27 February 1889 (Lot. 172).
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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