Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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CMV33390
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.11-14)
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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:
Votre souvenir et vos bontez madame me donnent bien des regrets.
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter written from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Potsdam and dated 20 July [1751].
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand’s memory and kindness give him many regrets, adding that he is like an enchanted knight reminded of their country in the Palace of Alcine. Voltaire then discusses his leaving Paris, noting that his life now is happy as he free to think, write, and say what he pleases in Potsdam. He adds that he is fortunate to eat strawberries, peaches, grapes, and pineapples in January. Voltaire then notes that he misses du Deffand, d’Alembert, and President Henaut, and asks du Deffand not to show this letter to anyone but the two aforementioned men. He briefly discusses the opinions of the Sorbonne towards Buffon.
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Cato, Charles-Jean-François Hénault, Cicero, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Confucius, Enchantment, Encyclopedie, Food, Frederick II of Prussia, Freedom, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Health, Henri Philippe de Chauvelin, Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, Louise-Claire Hamoche-Pluvigné, mademoiselle Pluvigné, Montesquieu, Paris, Potsdam, Rome, Siècle de Louis XIV, Sorbonne
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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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