Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from Saint-Germain-en-Laye and dated 2 March [April] 1729 [D350]
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CMV34313
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FS 316 C 6, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Nicolas-Claude Thieriot [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from Saint-Germain-en-Laye and dated 2 March [April] 1729 [D350]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
We fall out for ever if you do not take five hundred french livres from the arrears with the quuen ows to me, and of which Palu promises the payment.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from Saint-Germain-en-Laye and dated 2 March [April] 1729.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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220 x 168 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Undecorated
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A postmark has been stamped on f.2v. A second, unknown hand has added the date ‘1729’ to the MS. There are a number of corrections throuhout in the form of crossings out, the addition of corrected text superscript, and the addition of corrected text over the top of incorrect text. There are also a number of words and phrases that have been underlined throughout.
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History
Date:
2 March [April] 1729
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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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