Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, written from Les Délices and dated 8 May [1758] [D7728]
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CMV35425
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Lambert-David.IICorr.7Thieriot.4-D7728.Voltaire à N.C. Thieriot, 8 may [1758]
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, written from Les Délices and dated 8 May [1758] [D7728]
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher et ancien ami, il me parait qu’on nest pas plus instruit du secret de lhistoriografe de touttes les russies que de celuy de la pucelle.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, written from Les Délices and dated 8 May [1758].
Detailed Summary:
The letter contains a section of verse known as ‘À Madame la duchesse d’Orléans’.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
238 x 195 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with text reading ‘C&L Honig’.
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Binding:
Unbound
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A Genevan postmark has been stamped over the address on f.2v.
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History
Date:
8 May [1758]
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Origin (transcript):
aux délices
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Provenance:
Passed at the Collier de Beaubois sale in Paris on 7 April 1847 (Lot. 293), the Lefébvre sale in Paris on 2 March 1854 (Lot. 929) where it was bought by Charavay, the Sotheby sale in London on 3 August 1888 (Lot. 163), and the Dinha [Badin] sale in Paris
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OCV Reference:
vol.103, p.28–30
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