Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dating to February/March 1761 [D9660]
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CMV32824
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.138-139), ‘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 February/March 1761 [D9660]
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767738209
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Tenez madame, faittes vous lire ce brimborion dans vos moments de loisir.
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Brief Summary:
Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dating to February/March 1761.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire tells Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand to have the ‘brimborion’ read to her in her spare time, adding that he hopes it will amuse her and convince her that La Pucelle d’Orleans is a very moral work. Voltaire writes that he is afraid the marquise will have sad times, adding that saddness must be brightened with colours. He instructs the marquise not to read La Pucelle d’Orleans until she has finished the Swiss novel by Jean Jacques Roussea and the Turkish novel by La Popliniere.
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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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Undecorated
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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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