Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 10 October 1760 [D9297
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CMV33210
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.118-122), ‘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, dated 10 October 1760 [D9297
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767738209
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Si vous n’êtes point un grand Enfant, Madame, vous n’êtes pas non plus une petite vieille; je suis fort vôtre ainé, et je joüe la comédie deux fois par semaine, et le bon de l’affaire c’est que nous joüons des pièces nouvelles de ma façon, que Paris ne verra pas, à moins qu’il ne soit bien sage et bien honnête.
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Fair copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 10 October 1760.
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5 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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