Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dating to c.May 1732 [D496]
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CMV32816
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.7-8), ‘Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand ‘
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Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dating to c.May 1732 [D496]
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767738209
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Vous m’avez proposé madame d’acheter une charge d’écuyer chez madame la duchesse du Maine
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter written from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated c.May 1732.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand had proposed he buy an querry’s post with the duchesse du Maine, but that he did not feel ready for this employment and so was obliged to wait for another occasion to pay court to her. He instead recommends the Abbé de Linant for the role, whom he says lacks nothing but a fortune. He asks du Deffand to supprt de Linant, adding that if she does she will be nurturing his poetic talents.
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2 pp.
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Height: 330 mm
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2
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The paper is watermarked with three different watermarks: text reading ‘Sebille van Ketel & Wassenbergh’; a shield with the initials ‘SKW’; and text reading ‘D&C Blauw’.
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The text is contained within frames of plummet. The binder’s blank flyleaves at the beginning and end are in c.19th wove paper. The binder has titled the collection: ‘Recueil de letters. Tome 1’.
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There are corrections and marginal notes scattered throughout. Additional pencil annotations have been added in a later hand.
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