Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas de Lisle, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 13 October 1773 [D18583]
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CMV35697
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Français 12935 (fol.174-175)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas de Lisle, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 13 October 1773 [D18583]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Que je vous suis obligé, Monsieur, de m’écrire du sèjour de la gloire et du bonheur.
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas de Lisle, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 13 October 1773.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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3
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
The MS has bee folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. There are three large ink blots on the right-hand side of the MS which have spread through both leaves.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.174r. The same hand has added marginal notes to f.174r adding context to matters mentioned in the letter. These are linked to the text through the use of a shared symbol.
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History
Date:
13 October 1773
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
ferney
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