Letter signed from Voltaire to Gabriel Cramer, dating to c.1775 [D19537]
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CMV37654
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MS 128.8
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Gabriel Cramer, dating to c.1775 [D19537]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Cette édition sera sans doute la seule qui doit rester, si l’on prend tous les soins et toutes les précautions nécessaires.
Incipit Modernised:
Cette édition sera sans doute la seule qui doit rester, si l’on prend tous les soins et toutes les précautions nécessaires.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Gabriel Cramer, dating to c.1775.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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Dimensions:
154 x 99 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is partially watermarked with a crest bearing a post horn. Beneath the crest is text reading ‘D&C Blauw’. The watermark is partial due to the paper being cut.
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There are remnants of adhesive along the right-hand side of f.1v, suggesting that the MS was once glued to another sheet of paper.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed as ‘N.7′ in the upper right-hand corner of f.1r, and in red ink as ’62’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.1v.
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History
Date:
c.1775
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Stargardt sale in Marburg in 1970 (Catalogue 594, p.42, lot. 127).
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