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

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CMV33421

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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.148-151)

Title:

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

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OCLC Number:

767738209

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Content

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Voltaire: Author

Incipit Diplomatic:

Mr Le président Hainaut, Madame, m’instruit de vôtre beau zèle pour Pierre Corneille.

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Brief Summary:

Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 22 July [1761].

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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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