Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 18 August 1761 [D9956]
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CMV37319
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MS 66 (fol.93-94), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 18 August 1761 [D9956]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, le jeune homme qui m’a apporté la lettre de votre Excellence du 28 fevrier a eté recu comme le seront toujours ceux que vous voudrez bien m’adresser.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Le jeune homme qui m’a apporté la lettre de votre Excellence du 28 février a été reçu comme le seront toujours ceux que vous voudrez bien m’adresser.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 18 August 1761.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 235 mm
Hands:
1
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Countermark:
The paper is countermarked with the initials ‘GR’.
Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There is a minor tear to the lower part of the vertical fold line on both folios. Ink from the dateline has transferred onto the lower right-hand corner of f.93r suggesting that the MS was folded in half horizontally before being folded in half again vertically. The iron gall ink used to write the letter is beginning to cause some corrosion to the paper.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed as ‘No.41’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.93r.
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History
Date:
18 August 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
au chatau de ferney
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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