Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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CMV33472
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.382-387)
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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:
Ce n’est pas assurément, Madame, une Lettre de bonne année que je vous écris, car tous les jours m’ont paru fort égaux, et il n’y en a point où je ne vous sois très tendrement attaché.
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 26 December 1768.
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6 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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