Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to René-Joseph de Tournemine, written from Paris and dated 9 August 1731 [D423]
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CMV37426
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Sotheby’s, Lot.254, ‘VOLTAIRE. LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE, [AU PÈRE TOURNEMINE]. PARIS 9 AOÛT 1731. 3 P. IN-4.’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to René-Joseph de Tournemine, written from Paris and dated 9 August 1731 [D423]
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Incipit Modernised:
Je vous envoye mon très cher et très révérend père, une petite tragédie en trois actes que je voulois avoir l’honneur de lire chez mr de Chauvelin en votre présence et devant les r. p. Brumoy et Porée.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to René-Joseph de Tournemine, written from Paris and dated 9 August 1731.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
244 x 186 mm
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1
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
9 August 1731
Ownership:
Owned successively by Paul Chaponnière (1883-1956) and his son Jean-François Chaponnière (1919-2005).
Origin (transcript):
Paris
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Provenance:
Passed at the Sotheby’s sale in Paris on 18 November 2019 (Lot. 254) where it sold for €3,500.
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