Letter signed from Voltaire to François de Pougny de Guillet, baron de Monthoux, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 20 June 1760 [D9000]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35795
Repository:
Shelfmark:
Français 12935 (fol.296-297)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to François de Pougny de Guillet, baron de Monthoux, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 20 June 1760 [D9000]
Collection(s):
Link to Archive Catalogue:
Link to Digital Resource:
OCLC Number:
Reproductions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Puisque vous me mettez des Monsieur en sentinelle, je vous en mettrai aussi
Incipit Modernised:
Language(s):
In Own Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to François de Pougny de Guillet, baron de Monthoux, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 20 June 1760.
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Genre(s):
Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
Hands:
3
Watermark:
Countermark:
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.297v. The paper was also folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides.
Materiality Keywords:
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A provenance note has been added above the address on f.297v.
Marginalia Keywords:
Inclusions:
History
Date:
20 June 1760
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
Origin:
Provenance:
Passed at the Marquis H. de Châteaugiron sale in Paris on 15 October 1851 (Lot. 1936).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
OCV Manuscript Reference: