Letter from Voltaire to Christoph Heinrich von Ammon, dated 15 April 1768 [D14949]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36749
Repository:
Shelfmark:
5-240 (VII, f.145), ‘A M. d’Hamon, chambellan du roi de Prusse, du 15 avril 1768 (M. 7239)’
Title:
Letter from Voltaire to Christoph Heinrich von Ammon, dated 15 April 1768 [D14949]
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No related manuscripts found.
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Reproductions:
The Besterman Collection, Geneva, photocopy
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis plus étonné, Monsieur, du souvenir dont vous m’honorez, que de vous voir entreprendre un ouvrage utile.
Incipit Modernised:
Je suis plus étonné, Monsieur, du souvenir dont vous m’honorez, que de vous voir entreprendre un ouvrage utile.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter from Voltaire to Christoph Heinrich von Ammon, dated 15 April 1768.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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2
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Binding:
The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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The manuscript carries a few autograph additions.
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History
Date:
15 April 1768
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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Provenance:
This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
OCV Reference:
vol.117, p.281–282
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.117, ‘MS1’, p.282
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