Letter signed from Voltaire to Élie Bertrand, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 25 October 1773 [D18599]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35627

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.60-61)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Élie Bertrand, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 25 October 1773 [D18599]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Elie Bertrand: Recipient

Incipit Diplomatic:

Le vieux malade de ferney vous avoue, Monsieur, qu’il joint la paresse à toutes ses autres maladies.

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In Own Hand:

Partly

Brief Summary:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Élie Bertrand, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 25 October 1773.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

2 ff.

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2

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Binding:

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

Additional Comments:

The paper features one vertical and two horizontal fold lines. The wax seal is extant on f.61v and has caused some damage to the same folio.

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Undecorated

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History

Date:

25 October 1773

Ownership:

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

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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