Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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CMV33530
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.69-74)
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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:
Je ne vous ai point dépêché, Madame, ces vieux chants de la pucelle (que le Roy de Prusse m’a renvoïés, unique restitution qu’il a faite en sa vie).
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 3 December [1759].
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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’. There is a blue ink stain on p.73.
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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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