Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Colmar and dated 10 March 1754 [D5714]
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CMV37149
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Français 12931 (fol.57-58), ‘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 Colmar and dated 10 March 1754 [D5714]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher et respectable amy; je ne peux que vous montrer des blessures que la mort seule peut guérir.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher et respectable ami; je ne peux que vous montrer des blessures que la mort seule peut guérir.
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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 Colmar and dated 10 March 1754.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
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2 ff.
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1
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Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There is minor ink transfer in the upper right-hand corner of f.58v.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Several lines at the top of f.57v have been underlined. There is a minor correction to l.9 of the same in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript.
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History
Date:
10 March 1754
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
colmar
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