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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from the Hague dated 9 October 1740 [D2328]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34318
Repository:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
Shelfmark:
FS 316 C 16, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Nicolas-Claude Thieriot [texte manuscrit]’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Voicy de la graine des Péricles, et des Lélius, c’est un jeune républicain d’une famille distinguée dans sa patrie, et qui luy fera honneur par luy même.
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Language(s):
French, Latin
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from the Hague dated 9 October 1740.
Detailed Summary:
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Genre(s):
Letter
Status:
ALS
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
1 f.
Format:
4to
Dimensions:
224 x 184 mm
Hands:
2
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Binding:
Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Additions:
A second, unkown hand has added the date ‘9 8b 1740’ to the MS.
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History
Date:
9 October 1740
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897).
Origin (transcript):
La haye
Origin:
The Hague, Netherlands
Provenance:
Presumably passed at the Sotheby sales of the Morrison collection in London between 1917 and 1919.
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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