Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to to Claude Philippe Fyot, marquis de La Marche, written from Les Délices and dated 30 July [1762] [D10617]
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CMV37410
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Sotheby’s, Lot. 266, ‘VOLTAIRE. L.A.S. À FYOT DE LA MARCHE. 30 JUILLET [1762]. 3 P. IN-4. SUR L’AFFAIRE CALAS + L.A. À G. CRAMER [7 JUIN 1763]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to to Claude Philippe Fyot, marquis de La Marche, written from Les Délices and dated 30 July [1762] [D10617]
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Incipit Modernised:
Je vois bien mon respectable et vertueux magistrat que la Bourgogne n’est pas une province de la Chine.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to to Claude Philippe Fyot, marquis de La Marche, written from Les Délices and dated 30 July [1762].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
228 x 184 mm
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1
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
Some ink transference has occurred when the letter was folded before sending. There is a small ink blot in the upper left-hand corner of f.1v.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
30 July [1762]
Ownership:
Owned by Jean-François Chaponnière (1919-2005) who likely inherited the MS from his father, Paul Chaponnière (1883-1956).
Origin (transcript):
aux délices
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Provenance:
Passed at the Sotheby’s sale in London on 11 June 1968 (Lot. 51). Passed again at the Sotheby’s sale in Paris on 18 November 2019 (Lot. 266) where it sold for €9,375.
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