Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne, comte de Tressan, written from Lausanne and dated 7 March 1758 [D7670]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36143
Repository:
Shelfmark:
Français 12937 (p.135-136)
Title:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne, comte de Tressan, written from Lausanne and dated 7 March 1758 [D7670]
Collection(s):
Link to Archive Catalogue:
Link to Digital Resource:
OCLC Number:
Reproductions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Je recois, mon adorable Gouverneur, une lettre de l’abbé Legier qui ne me parait pas en effet de la même ecriture que son premier envoi.
Incipit Modernised:
Je reçois, mon adorable gouverneur, une lettre de l’abbé Légier qui ne me paraît pas en effet de la même écriture que son premier envoi.
Language(s):
In Own Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne, comte de Tressan, written from Lausanne and dated 7 March 1758.
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Genre(s):
Status:
Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
Format:
Dimensions:
Hands:
2
Watermark:
Countermark:
Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
Materiality Keywords:
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.73’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.135. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.135. There is a minor correction to the penultimate line of p.135 in the form of a crossing out. Names have been underlined throughout.
Marginalia Keywords:
Inclusions:
History
Date:
7 March 1758
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
Lausanne
Origin:
Provenance:
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
OCV Manuscript Reference: