Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, written from Fontainebleau and dated 27 October 1752 [D3468]
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CMV37383
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Alde, Lot. 235, ‘VOLTAIRE (1694-1778).’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, written from Fontainebleau and dated 27 October 1752 [D3468]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
permettez monseigneur qu’un homme chargé d’écrire lhistoire de son temps vous remercie des sujets heureux que vous luy fournissez.
Incipit Modernised:
Permettez monseigneur qu’un homme chargé d’écrire l’histoire de son temps vous remercie des sujets heureux que vous lui fournissez.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, written from Fontainebleau and dated 27 October 1752.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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2
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Unbound
Additional Comments:
There is a small blob of wax in the lower right-hand corner of f.1r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second, unknown hand has endorsed the MS as ‘Lettre de Voltaire au Mal. de Belle isle’. The year in the dateline, added in a later hand and given as 1752, has also been crossed out in pencil and amended to 1746.
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History
Date:
27 October 1752
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Origin (transcript):
fontainebleau
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Provenance:
Passed at the Alde sale on 2 April 2025 (Lot. 235) for €2,900.
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