Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 22 November 1752 [D5082]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV37135

Shelfmark:

Français 12931 (fol.28-29), ‘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 22 November 1752 [D5082]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565

Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

mon tres cher ange quoy que les vers ne soient pas actuellement de quartier, dans notre cour, vous m’avez fait relire Zulime.

Incipit Modernised:

Mon très cher ange quoi que les vers ne soient pas actuellement de quartier, dans notre cour, vous m’avez fait relire Zulime.

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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 22 November 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:

The MS has been folded in half vertically (since unfolded). There is some ink transfer from the facing page in the lower left-hand margin of f.29v, and a large ink blot in the left-hand margin of f.30v.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

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Voltaire has added a postscript vertically in the left-hand margin of f.30v.

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History

Date:

22 November 1752

Ownership:

Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).

Origin (transcript):

potsdam

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

28 January 2025