Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre Légier, written from [Lausanne] and dating to 11 February 1758 [D7628]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36141
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(p.131-132)
Title:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre Légier, written from [Lausanne] and dating to 11 February 1758 [D7628]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
M. De Voltaire, gentilhome ordinaire du Roi et ancien chambellan du Roi de Prusse, n’a jamais demeurè à Ripaille en savoye
Incipit Modernised:
M. De Voltaire, gentilhomme ordinaire du roi et ancien chambellan du roi de Prusse, n’a jamais demeuré à Ripaille en Savoye
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No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre Légier, written from [Lausanne] and dating to 11 February 1758.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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2
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.71’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.131. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.131. There are two minor corrections to the text in the form of crossings out, and crossings out with corrected text superscript. Names have been underlined throughout.
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History
Date:
[11 February 1758]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
[Lausanne]
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