Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written from Colmar and dating to c.26 July 1754 [D5889]
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CMV37259
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Français 12931 (fol.77-78), ‘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, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written from Colmar and dating to c.26 July 1754 [D5889]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
anges je ne peux me consoler de vous avoir quittez qu’en vous ecrivant.
Incipit Modernised:
Anges, Je ne peux me consoler de vous avoir quittez qu’en vous écrivant.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written from Colmar and dating to c.26 July 1754.
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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 letter was sealed using the ‘Tuck-and-Seal’ method before sending. There are remnants of the wax seal on f.78v, and the seal has caused some damage to the same. There is a small area of staining on the upper right-hand side of f.77r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A mathematical sum has been added to f.78v. Two postmarks have been drawn over the top of the address on the same, and a Colmar postmark has been stamped above the address.
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History
Date:
26 July 1754
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
[Colmar]
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