Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Feriol, comte D’Argental, dated 11 October 1761 [D10069]
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CMV37412
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Sotheby’s, Lot. 264, ‘VOLTAIRE. LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE AU COMTE D’ARGENTAL, 11 OCTOBRE 1761]. 4 P. IN-4. SUR SES PIÈCES DE THÉÂTRE ET CRÉBILLON’
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Feriol, comte D’Argental, dated 11 October 1761 [D10069]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
je m’arrache pour vous écrire a quelque chose de bien singulier que je fais pour vous plaire o mes chers anges
Incipit Modernised:
Je m’arrache pour vous écrire à quelque chose de bien singulier que je fais pour vous plaire ô mes chers anges.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Feriol, comte D’Argental, dated 11 October 1761.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
230 x 185 mm
Hands:
1
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
There is a tear to the central bifolium fold line and there is a small strip of paper affixed to the upper left-hand corner of f.1r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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Eight words have been scratched out on f.1r.
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History
Date:
11 October 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by Paul Chaponnière (1883-1956) and his son, Jean-François Chaponnière (1919-2005).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Dubois sale hosted by Laverdet in Paris on 31 January 1854 (Lot. 1081); the Charavay sale in Paris on 1 December 1858 (Lot. 318), and the Dubrunfaut sale in Paris on 22 December 1884 (Lot. 25). Passed again at the Sotheby’s sale on 18 November 2019 (Lot. 264) where it sold for €4,750.
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