Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 29 May 1759 [D8323]
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CMV37288
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MS 66 (fol.31-32), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 29 May 1759 [D8323]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis toujours surpris, Monsieur, de voir que sur les bords de la neva et de la mosca, on écrive et on parle français comme à versailles
Incipit Modernised:
Je suis toujours surpris, Monsieur, de voir que sur les bords de la Neva et de la Mosca, on écrive et on parle français comme à Versailles
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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 29 May 1759.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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180 x 232 mm
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2
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Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS was folded into four (since unfolded). There is an ink blot in the upper right-hand corner of f.31r and some minor staining to f.32.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed as ‘No.8, 13’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.31r. Voltaire has added a postscript in his own hand in the lower left-hand corner of f.32v.
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History
Date:
29 May 1759
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
au chateau de Tourney 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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