Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Decroze to Voltaire, written from Sacony and dated 24 January 1761 [D9572a]

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CMV35496

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Lambert-David.IIIDecroze.2MsDecroze.3Correspondance.10.A. Decroze à Voltaire, 24 jan. 1761

Title:

Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Decroze to Voltaire, written from Sacony and dated 24 January 1761 [D9572a]

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Recipient, Annotator

Incipit Diplomatic:

Monsieur jay bien recu celle que vous avez Eut la bonté de remettre

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

Partly

Brief Summary:

Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Decroze to Voltaire, written from Sacony and dated 24 January 1761.

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Physical Description

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2 ff.

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245 x 181 mm

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The paper is watermarked with indistinguishable text.

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Unbound

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Undecorated

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Voltaire has endorsed the MS in his own hand as ‘sacrilage dont se plaint Croze’ in the upper right-hand corner of f.2v. There are several minor corrections throughout in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected text superscript.

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24 January 1761

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024