Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, dating to 10 March 1729 [D345]

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CMV34311

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FS 316 C 7, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, chez Monsieur Nossé, cloître Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois, Paris [texte manuscrit]’

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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, dating to 10 March 1729 [D345]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Noli amico tuo erranti amplius scribere quia ad te quam primum properabit, prius quam in Lutetia latere possim, in uno e vicinis pagis stabo aliquot dies.

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Yes

Brief Summary:

Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, dating to 10 March 1729.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

2 ff.

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224 x 169 mm

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2

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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.

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A postmark has been stamped on f.2v. A second, unknown hand has added the date ’10 mars 1729′ to the MS.

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History

Date:

[10 March 1729]

Ownership:

Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).

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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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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024