Letter signed from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 29 September 1767 [D14446]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35767
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Français 12935 (fol.241-242)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 29 September 1767 [D14446]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Il faut que je vous avoue, mon cher ami, que j’ai soixante et quatorze ans
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In Own Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 29 September 1767.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Hands:
3
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
The MS was sealed using the ‘Tuck, Fold, and Seal’ method. The wax seal is no longer extant but has caused some damage to f.242. The paper was also 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, a number of small ink blots across f.242r, and a small ink splatter over l.2 on f.241r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.241r. The same hand has endorsed the MS at the top of f.241r as ‘Lettre LIII’. A Basle post mark has been stamped over the address on f.242v, and several other postmarks have been drawn over the same.
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History
Date:
29 September 1767
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
Ferney
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