Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Les Délices and dated 7 June 1760 [D8966]
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CMV37300
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MS 66 (fol.53-54), ‘Stroganov’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Les Délices and dated 7 June 1760 [D8966]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Par une Lettre de Monsieur de Keyserling vôtre ami, reçüe aujourd’huy en même temps que la vôtre, je vois que vous avez eu la bonté de partager toutes mes inquiétudes; et je me flatte qu’elles sont calmées
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Par une Lettre de Monsieur de Keizerling vôtre ami, reçu aujourd’hui en même temps que la vôtre, je vois que vous avez eu la bonté de partager toutes mes inquiétudes; et je me flatte qu’elles sont calmées
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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 Les Délices and dated 7 June 1760.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 228 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn. Beneath the shield are the initials ‘G.R.’.
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Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). The paper is edged in gold and there is a small blob of red wax in the lower left-hand corner of f.54v.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed as ‘No.23’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.53r. The date line was initially written at the top of f.54r but attempts have been made to scratch it out.
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History
Date:
7 June 1760
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
aux Dèlices par Genêve
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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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