Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 2 August 1760 [D9111]
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CMV37301
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MS 66 (fol.55-56), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 2 August 1760 [D9111]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, apeine ai-je reçu la lettre agreable dont votre Excellence m’a honoré par la voye de M. le comte de Keizerling que ma joye fut bien alterée par l’amertume d’une nouvelle de la haye.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Apeine ai-je reçu la lettre agréable dont votre Excellence m’a honoré par la voie de M. le comte de Keizerling que ma joie fut bien altérée par l’amertume d’une nouvelle de la Haye.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 2 August 1760.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 225 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn.
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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 pin hole at the centre of f.56.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The MS has been endorsed ‘No.24’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.55r. There is a minor correction to l.8 of f.55v in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text. Part of l.9 on f.55r has been underlined.
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History
Date:
2 August 1760
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
aux délices par geneve
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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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