Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Philippe Fyot, marquis de La Marche, written from Les Délices and dated 25 August 1762 [D10674]
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CMV37396
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Sotheby’s, Lot. 100, ‘Voltaire, François Marie Arouet dit’
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Philippe Fyot, marquis de La Marche, written from Les Délices and dated 25 August 1762 [D10674]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Incipit Modernised:
Vous voila donc mon illustre magistrat, le protecteur de Pertharite, d’Agésilas, d’Attila, de Suréna, de Pulchérie, etc
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Philippe Fyot, marquis de La Marche, written from Les Délices and dated 25 August 1762.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
230 x 184 mm
Hands:
1
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). The paper has also been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
25 August [1762]
Ownership:
Owned by Noël Charavay (1861-1932).
Origin (transcript):
aux Délices
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Provenance:
Passed at the Arnna sale in Paris on 8 November 1960 (Lot. 87); the Sotheby sale in London on 11 June 1968 (Lot. 51), and the Loliée sale in Paris in January 1970 (Lot.129). Passed again at the Sotheby’s sale on 9 November 2011 (Lot. 100) where it sold for €15,000.
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