Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 3 October 1752 [D5029]
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CMV37133
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Français 12931 (fol.24-25), ‘XXXVII Lettres à M. et à Mme d’Argental. Années 1752-1759.’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 3 October 1752 [D5029]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher ange le siecle, (cest a dire la nouvelle edition, la seule qui soit passable)
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher ange le Siècle (c’est à dire la nouvelle édition, la seule qui soit passable)
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 3 October 1752.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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1
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Additional Comments:
There are several small ink blots in the upper left-hand margin of f.25r. The MS has been folded in half vertically (since unfolded).
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Select words and phrases have been underlined throughout. The penultimate word of l.5 on f.26v has been scraped away, and a new, corrected word (‘joly’) written in its place.
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History
Date:
3 October 1752
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
potsdam
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