Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Aux Délices and dated 7 August 1757 [D7336]
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CMV34290
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FS 315 C 23, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Ivan Ivanovitch Schouvalov [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Aux Délices and dated 7 August 1757 [D7336]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Avant d’avoir reçu les mémoires dont vôtre Excellence m’a flatté, j’ai voulû vous faire voir du moins par mon empressement que je cherche à n’en être pas indigne.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Aux Délices and dated 7 August 1757.
Detailed Summary:
The draft does not contain the last phrase of the fourth paragraph of the sent letter.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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225 x 174 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 five notes to the MS. The first reads ‘[deletion: a M. le pce de Galitzin] A M. le Cte de Schouvalof’. The second is the date ‘7 August 1757’. The third is the deleted date ‘1759’. The fourth reads ‘E/102’. The fifth reads ‘conferer avec la copie’.
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History
Date:
7 August 1757
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
Origin (transcript):
Aux Délices
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 10 January 1882 (Lot. 229).
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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