Partially autograph letter from Voltaire to Adrien Michel Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore, dated 7 September [1764] [D12075]
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CMV34287
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FS 316 C 27, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore [texte manuscrit]’
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Partially autograph letter from Voltaire to Adrien Michel Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore, dated 7 September [1764] [D12075]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous voilà, Monsieur, engagé dans une grande guerre, dont assurément vous vous tirerez avec honneur.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Partially autograph letter from Voltaire to Adrien Michel Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore, dated 7 September [1764].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
4 ff.
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230 x 187 mm
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3
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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From the bottom of f.4r onwards, the letter is written in Voltaire’s hand. An unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first is the letter ‘I’. The second is the name ‘Voltaire’.
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History
Date:
7 September [1764]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897).
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Passed at the Saint-Aubin sale in Paris on 25 March 1879 (Lot. 145), the Dubrunfaut sale in Paris on 22 December 1884 (Lot. 44), and another in Paris on 27 December 1890 (Lot 122) before entering the Morrison collection. Probably passed at the Sotheby sal
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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