Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 23 October 1772 [D17978]
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CMV37631
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MS 127.13
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 23 October 1772 [D17978]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je ne sais, mon très cher confrère, ce que j’aime le mieux de vôtre prose ou de vos vers.
Incipit Modernised:
Je ne sais, mon très cher confrère, ce que j’aime le mieux de votre prose ou de vos vers.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 23 October 1772.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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197 x 159 mm
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2
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The paper is watermarked with an elaborate shield.
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Unbound
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The paper has been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. The MS has also been folded into four (since unfolded). Some ink transfer from the facing pages has occurred during the folding process.
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Undecorated
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There are two minor corrections to f.2r in the form of ink being scraped away and corrected text written over the top. There is a further correction to l.17 of the same in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript.
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23 October 1772
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Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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