Letter from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 January 1766 [D13084]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35616

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.41-42)

Title:

Letter from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 January 1766 [D13084]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Mr De Voltaire ne doute pas que Monsieur De Beaumont n’ait écrit à Mesrs Thelusson et Neker à Paris.

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No

Brief Summary:

Letter from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 January 1766.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

2 ff.

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1

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Binding:

The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.

Additional Comments:

The wax seal is extant on f.42v. This has caused some damage to the same folio. The paper features one vertical and two horizontal fold lines.

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Undecorated

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History

Date:

4 January 1766

Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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