Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 28 October 1752 [D5048]
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CMV37134
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Français 12931 (fol.26-27), ‘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 28 October 1752 [D5048]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher ange vous etes le dieu des jansenistes, vous me donnez des commandements impossibles.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher ange vous êtes le dieu des jansénistes, vous me donnez des commandements impossibles.
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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 28 October 1752.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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1
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Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded in half vertically (since unfolded). There is a small ink blot in the left-hand margin of f.27r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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The final word of l.18 on f.28r has been underlined.
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History
Date:
28 October 1752
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
potsdam
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