Certificate of the incarceration and release of Voltaire from the Bastille
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CMV34485
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FS 315 C 5, ‘Certificat d’incarcération et de sortie de Voltaire à la Bastille [document manuscrit]’
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Certificate of the incarceration and release of Voltaire from the Bastille
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Certificate of the incarceration and release of Voltaire from the Bastille.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire was incarcerated in the Bastille on 17 April 1726 and released on the 30th. These certificates are accompanied by and inventory of the goods found on the prisoner and returned on his release. Voltaire’s signature appears on the exit order, along with the acquittal of the jailer for the restitution and signature of his form.
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1 f.
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185 x 117 mm
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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History
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17 April 1726-30 April 1726
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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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