Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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CMV33549
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.340-344)
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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:
Quand j’ai un objet, madame, quand on me donne un Thème, comme par éxemple de savoir si l’âme des puces est immortelle, si le mouvement est essentiel à la matière, si les opéra comiques sont préférables à Cinna et à Phèdre, ou pourquoi made Denis est à Paris, et moi entre les Alpes et le mont Jura, alors j’écris régulièrement, et ma plume va comme une folle.
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, dated 30 March 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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