Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand
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CMV33570
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*KGV+ 11-194 (p.222-225)
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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:
J’écris avec grand plaisir, Madame, quand j’ai un sujet; écrire vaguement et sans’ avoir rien à dire c’est mâcher à vide, c’est parler pour parler, et les deux correspondants s’ennuient mutuellement et cessent bientôt de s’écrire.
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Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Aux Délices and dated 4 June 1764.
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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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