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Partially autograph letter signed from Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov to Voltaire, written from St Petersburg and dated 14/25 January 1762 [D10281]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34302
Repository:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
Shelfmark:
FS 317 C 17, ‘Lettre de Ivan Ivanovitch Chouvalov à Voltaire [texte manuscrit]’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Je vous écris les larmes aux yeux, pour Vous annoncer le plus funeste événement dont la main du Très-Haut aurait pû nous frapper.
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Language(s):
French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Partially autograph letter signed from Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov to Voltaire, written from St Petersburg and dated 14/25 January 1762.
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Letter
Status:
ALS
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
4to
Dimensions:
249 x 205 mm
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1
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Bound with other letters in full red morocco, framed with three gilded fillets and a decorated spine. The edges are gilded.
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History
Date:
14/25 January 1762
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
Origin (transcript):
Origin:
St Petersburg, Russia
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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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