Partially autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Aux Délices and dated 23 December 1758 [D7993]
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CMV34294
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FS 315 C 25, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Monsieur de Schouvalow chambellan de l’Impératrice à Moscou ; Lettre de Voltaire au Comte de Keyserling [documents manuscrits]’
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Partially autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Aux Délices and dated 23 December 1758 [D7993]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, J’eus l’honneur de vous écrire il y a quatre ou cinq jours.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Partially autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Aux Délices and dated 23 December 1758.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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250 x 181 mm
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3
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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 is the date [deletion: 1758 1761 1762] 1758′. The second is the number 23.
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History
Date:
23 December 1758
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Aux Délices
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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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