Letter from Voltaire to Étienne Noël Damilaville, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 29 August 1763 [D11389]

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CMV:

CMV35662

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.125)

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Letter from Voltaire to Étienne Noël Damilaville, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 29 August 1763 [D11389]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Puisque vous daignez, mon cher frère, conduire avec tant de bonté mes affaires temporelles, en voicy une bonne faffée.

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Brief Summary:

Letter from Voltaire to Étienne Noël Damilaville, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 29 August 1763.

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Physical Description

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1 f.

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2

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

Additional Comments:

There are several small ink splatters over the text throughout. There are two pairs of pin holes at the centre of the MS.

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Undecorated

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A second hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.125r. There is a minot correction to l.13 of f.125r in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript.

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History

Date:

29 August 1763

Ownership:

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

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