Extract from the Minutes of the Session of the Class of French Language and Literature discussing a statue of Voltaire
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CMV33736
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MS 48 (C), ‘Le Secretaire perpétuel de la Classe (Suardi), Extrait du procès verbal de la Séance de la Classe de la langue et de la littérature françaises’
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Extract from the Minutes of the Session of the Class of French Language and Literature discussing a statue of Voltaire
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Brief Summary:
Extract from the Minutes of the Session of the Class of French Language and Literature.
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The minutes discuss a statue of Voltaire that had been commissioned to decorate the new room being prepared for the Institut National.
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245 x 199 mm
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The paper is watermarked, but some of the watermark has been damaged by the wax seal. The undamaged section of the watermark reads ‘BLAUW’.
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The paper features a series of fold lines, suggesting that the letter was letter-locked before sending. The letter is stamped in red wax with the seal of the Institute.
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The MS has been written on paper topped with a printed header bearing the image of Athena[?] wearing a helmet decorated with a rooster and a snake.
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The letter bears a Parisian postmark.
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