Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas de Lisle, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 26 February 1775 [D19357]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35754

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.214)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas de Lisle, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 26 February 1775 [D19357]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

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Incipit Diplomatic:

J’ai été sur le point, Monsieur, d’aller trouver mes deux confrères Dupré de St Maur, et Chateaubrun.

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Partly

Brief Summary:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas de Lisle, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 26 February 1775.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

1 f.

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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 paper was folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. There are two pairs of pin holes at the bottom 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.214r.

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History

Date:

26 February 1775

Ownership:

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

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