Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 23 December 1761 [D10224]
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CMV37329
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MS 66 (fol.119-120), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 23 December 1761 [D10224]
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur je dépeche a Monsieur le comte de caunits un gros paquet a votre adresse.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Je dépêche à Monsieur le comte de Caunits un gros paquet à votre adresse.
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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 23 December 1761.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
184 x 231 mm
Hands:
1
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). There is some very minor ink transfer from the facing page on f.119v and f.120r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The MS has been endorsed as ‘No. 51’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.119r. There are minor corrections to l.7 of f.119r and l.6 of f.119v in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
23 December 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
aux délices
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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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