Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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CMV33333
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.517-519)
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Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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767738209
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Incipit Diplomatic:
On fait ce qu’on peut Madame dans nos déserts pour vous faire passer quelques minutes à St Joseph; et malgré la crainte de vous ennuier on vous envoie ces deux feuilles détachées.
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Ferney and dated 18 June 1770.
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3 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’. There is a large stain in the upper right-hand corner of p.443.
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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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