Old, incomplete copy of a letter from Voltaire to Philippe Antoine de Claris, marquis de Florian, written from Paris and dated 8 August 1759 [D8316]
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CMV37584
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Français 12945, ‘LI Correspondance de Voltaire ; lettres copiées. D-K.’, f.388
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Old, incomplete copy of a letter from Voltaire to Philippe Antoine de Claris, marquis de Florian, written from Paris and dated 8 August 1759 [D8316]
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Brief Summary:
Old, incomplete copy of a letter from Voltaire to Philippe Antoine de Claris, marquis de Florian, written from Paris and dated 8 August 1759.
Detailed Summary:
This copy of the letter is limited to the verse, known as ‘Vers sur Monsieur S[ilhouette], contrôleur général’ and a few words of the prose. It is dated 8 August 1759 and is said to have been written from Paris. Other copies of the text, however, give the date as 26 May 1759 and claim to have been written from Les Délices instead.
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1 f.
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1
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History
Date:
8 August 1759
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
Paris
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OCV Reference:
vol.49B, p.428-431
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.49B, p.430, ‘MS1’
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