Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Gaspard Fabry, written from Les Délices and dated 26 May [1759] [D8315]
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CMV37702
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RR Auction, Lot 635, ‘Voltaire Autograph Letter Signed’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Gaspard Fabry, written from Les Délices and dated 26 May [1759] [D8315]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
jattends chaque jour monsieur largent qui me vient par des voitures publiques, attendu que le change de geneve est trop fort.
Incipit Modernised:
J’attends chaque jour, monsieur, l’argent qui me vient par des voitures publiques, attendu que le change de Genève est trop fort.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Gaspard Fabry, written from Les Délices and dated 26 May [1759].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
248 x 184 mm
Hands:
1
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The letter was sealed using the ‘Tuck-and-Seal’ method before sending. The wafer seal is extant on f.2 and has caused some damage to the same.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
26 May [1759]
Ownership:
Origin (transcript):
aux délices
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Provenance:
Bought by Charavay at the Sotheby sale in London on 23 April 1894 (Lot. 144). Passed at the Henkels sale in Philadelphia on 22 February 1898 (Lot. 622), and the William F. Gable sale in New York on 10 March 1924 (Lot. 1097) where it was bought with a facsimile by Goldsmith. Passed at the RR Auction sale on 10 November 2021 (Lot. 635) where it sold for $7,283.
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