Partially autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Collini from Prangins and dated 23 January 1755 [D6093]
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CMV37275
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Français 12931 (fol.109-110), ‘XXXVII Lettres à M. et à Mme d’Argental. Années 1752-1759.’
Title:
Partially autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Collini from Prangins and dated 23 January 1755 [D6093]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Toute adresse est bonne, mon cher et respectable ami.
Incipit Modernised:
Toute adresse est bonne, mon cher et respectable ami.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Partially autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Collini from Prangins and dated 23 January 1755.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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3
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Additional Comments:
The letter was sealed using the ‘Tuck, Fold, and Seal’ method before sending. The wax seal is no longer extant but has caused some damage to f.110. The wax seal of the preceding letter in the collection has caused some minor staining to f.109r. Small tabs of paper have been added to the right-hand sides of both f.109r and f.110r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The final seven lines of the letter on f.110r have been added in Voltaire’s hand. A brace has been drawn around the final five lines of f.109r and the first 12 lines of f.109v by a later hand. The same hand has added a marginal note has been added to the left-hand margin beside the brace reading ‘Passage inedit’. A brace with an identical marginal note has also been added to l.2-7 of f.110r. A postmark has been drawn over the top of the address on f.110v, and a Geneva postmark has been stamped above the same. The library stamp of De Cayrol has been added to the top of f.109r.
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History
Date:
23 January 1755
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
a prangin pays de vaud
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