Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, dated 21 October 1771 [D17418]
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CMV37620
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MS127.2
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, dated 21 October 1771 [D17418]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher ami apres les avantures des Belizaires et des fenelons il ne nous reste plus que d’adorer en silence la main de Dieu qui nous chatie.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher ami, après les aventures des Belizaires et des Fenelons, il ne nous reste plus que d’adorer en silence la main de Dieu qui nous châtie.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean François Marmontel, dated 21 October 1771.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
200 x 162 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn. Beneath the shield is written: ‘D&C Blauw’.
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There is ink transference from another document at the bottom of f.2v.
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has written over his text in a darker ink where is has appeared too faintly, as on l.13 of f.1r.
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History
Date:
21 October 1771
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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