Letter signed from Voltaire to Marie-Antoinette Cailleau Duchesne, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 11 July 1766 [D13403]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35763

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.233-234)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Marie-Antoinette Cailleau Duchesne, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 11 July 1766 [D13403]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

Je fais partir par les voitures de genêve, et ensuite par la diligence de Lyon à Paris

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Partly

Brief Summary:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Marie-Antoinette Cailleau Duchesne, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 11 July 1766.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

2 ff.

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Hands:

2

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Binding:

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

Additional Comments:

The MS features two horizontal fold lines. There is a small ink splatter over the final word of l.2 on f.233r and the address on f.234v. There are also several small ink blots across f.234r-234v. The wax seal is no longer extant but has caused some damage to f.234.

Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A postmark has been drawn over the address on f.234v.

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History

Date:

11 July 1766

Ownership:

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

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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