Letter from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière and dating to c.1 September 1762 [D10684]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35820
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Shelfmark:
Français 12935 (fol.347-348)
Title:
Letter from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière and dating to c.1 September 1762 [D10684]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher Esculape, je scais bien qu’il faut recevoir sans murmure tous les petits agréments que la nature a bien voulu attacher à la viéillesse.
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No
Brief Summary:
Letter from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière and dating to c.1 September 1762.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
The letter was folded into three before sending. The wax seal is partially extant on f.348v. There are several small ink blots throughout.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.16’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.347r. There is a minor correction to l.5 of f.347r in the form of a crossing out with corrected text superscript.
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History
Date:
[c.1 September 1762]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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