Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 6 October 1759 [D8525]
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CMV37292
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MS 66 (fol.39-40), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 6 October 1759 [D8525]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Je vous avais déja fait Compliment sur L’heureux succez de vos armes
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Je vous avais déjà fait compliment sur l’heureux succez de vos armes
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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 6 October 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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Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There is a small blob of wax in the lower left-hand corner of f.40v.
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Undecorated
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The MS is endorsed ‘No.17’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.39r. The word ‘d’honneur’ on l.8 of f.39r has been underlined.
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History
Date:
6 October 1759
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
au Chatau 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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