Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from London and dated [2 May 1728] [D333]
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CMV34308
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FS 316 C 5, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Nicolas-Claude Thieriot [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from London and dated [2 May 1728] [D333]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
My dear Tiriot, j write to you in english, for the same reason that abbot Boylau wrote in latin, j mean that j should not be understood by many over curious people.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from London and dated [2 May 1728].
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire dates his letter using the Julian calendar (21 April 1728).
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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234 x 187 mm
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1
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been corrected throughout in the form of crossings out, the addition of corrected and/or omitted text superscript, and the addition of corrected text over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
2 May 1728
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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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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