Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to César de Missy, written from Brussels and dated 29 October 1741 [D2559]
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CMV33818
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Français 12933 (fol.52-53)
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to César de Missy, written from Brussels and dated 29 October 1741 [D2559]
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MF 23567
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ay Lu monsieur avec un plaisir bien vif votre aimable lettre, et madame la marquise du Chastellet y a été aussi sensible que moy.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to César de Missy, written from Brussels and dated 29 October 1741.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire begins by saying that he read de Missy’s last letter with great pleasure, as did Émilie du Châtelet, about whom de Missy had composed a poem in the said letter (see D2539). Voltaire, in turn, composes a verse in honour of de Missy. He concludes by saying that he will spend two or three months in France before returning to Brussels where Émilie du Châtelet’s great trial will keep him for at least two years. He adds that he will put off until that time any further discussion of literature and an Enligh universal history. He begs de Missy to continue his friendship for Voltaire, adding that he was touchd by his last letter.
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2 ff.
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1
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There are ink blots on f.52r-53r and a large tear in the bottom corner of f.53. Wax around this tear suggests that it was caused by a wax seal. The pages feature a horizontal and vertical fold line, suggesting that the letter had been folded into four, and an additional fold which creates a left-hand margin on the recto and verso sides.
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The date was initially written as ’22’ and has been corrected, with a ‘9’ being written over the top of the second ‘2’. F.52r is stamped with the library stamp of Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol and the Bibliothèque Impériale.
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