Copy of a letter written from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated c.16 June 1740 [D2238]
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CMV32932
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*KGV+ 11-195 (p.1), ‘Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand’
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Copy of a letter written from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated c.16 June 1740 [D2238]
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767738209
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Madame, si j’etois homme du monde, ce seroit avec vous que je voudrois avoir l’honneur de vivre
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter written from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated c.16 June 1740.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that if he were a man of the world he would like to have the honour of living with Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand. Instead, he notes, he is a man of letters and so needs her approval.
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1 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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