Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand

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CMV33405

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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.377-381)

Title:

Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand

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OCLC Number:

767738209

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Voltaire: Author

Incipit Diplomatic:

Madame, Madame, les imaginations ne dorment point, et quand même elles prendraient en se couchant une doze des oraisons funèbres de l’Evêque Dupuy et de l’évêque de Troye, le diable les bercerait toujours.

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Brief Summary:

Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 21 December 1768.

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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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