Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 14 March 1759 [D8183]
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CMV37287
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MS 66 (fol.29-30), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 14 March 1759 [D8183]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Je reçois en même temps une Lettre de vous et une Lettre des grandes Indes, dattées du même mois
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Je reçois en même temps une lettre de vous et une lettre des Grandes Indes, dattées du même mois
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 14 March 1759.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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180 x 230 mm
Hands:
2
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Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS was folded into four (since unfolded). There is a small hole at the centre of f.30 and a series of ink blots across the top of f.30v. The paper is edged in gold. The iron gall ink used to write the letter is causing some corrosion to the paper.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed ‘No.4, 12’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.29r. L.7 of f.29v has been underlined.
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History
Date:
14 March 1759
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
à Tournay, par Genêve
Provenance:
Passed at the Vidal-Mégret sale in Paris on 29 May 1968 (Lot. 130) where it sold for 48,500 francs (plus tax).
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