Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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CMV33348
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.296-299)
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Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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OCLC Number:
767738209
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Il y a un mois, Madame, que j’ai envie de vous écrire tous les jours, mais je me suis plongé dans la métaphisique la plus triste et la plus épineuse, et j’ai vu que je n’étais pas digne de vous écrire.
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 19 February 1766.
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4 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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