Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 10 January 1761 [D9530]
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CMV37309
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MS 66 (fol.71-72), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 10 January 1761 [D9530]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Je n’ai jamais trop été du goût de mettre des vers au bas d’un portrait
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Je n’ai jamais trop été du goût de mettre des vers au bas d’un portrait
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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 Wagnière from Ferney and dated 10 January 1761.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 227 mm
Hands:
3
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn. Beneath the shield are the initials ‘D&C B[lauw]’.
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Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). It has also been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. There are several minor tears to these fold lines and a small hole at the centre of f.72. There are remnants of a wafer seal in the lower right-hand corner of f.72v and several small ink blots throughout.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The Ms has been endorsed as ‘No.32’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.71r. A third hand has added a note to the upper right-hand corner of f.71r noting that the letter was replied to on the 11/22 April 1761. An omitted word has been added superscript on l.8 of f.72r.
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History
Date:
10 January 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
Au Chateau de ferney par Genève
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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