Autograph letter signed from Marie Louise Denis [née Mignot] to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated ‘ce mercredi’ [12 July 1769] [D15746]
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CMV:
CMV36331
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MS 126.2
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Marie Louise Denis [née Mignot] to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated ‘ce mercredi’ [12 July 1769] [D15746]
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
jai le plus grand desir et le plus ^grand^ besoin de vous voir mon cher neveu.
Incipit Modernised:
J’ai le plus grand désir et le plus grand besoin de vous voir mon cher neveu.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Marie Louise Denis [née Mignot] to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated ‘ce mercredi’ [12 July 1769].
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
179 x 114 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
There is a partial watermark along the lower edge of f.1r, but it is indistinguishable due to the paper being cut.
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded).
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
An omitted word has been added superscript above l.1 on f.1r, and there is a minor correction to l.2 of the same in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
ce mercredi [12 July 1769]
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Sotheby sale in London on 11 June 1968 (Lot. 87).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.119, p.80-81
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.119, p.81
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