Letter from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 17 February 1778 [D21049]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35832
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Français 12935 (fol.370-371)
Title:
Letter from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 17 February 1778 [D21049]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Le vieux Suisse que Monsieur Tronchin a eu la bonté de voir chez Mr De Villette, lui represente que l’alternative continuelle de Strangurie et de Diabetes
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No
Brief Summary:
Letter from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière dated 17 February 1778.
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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 MS was folded into three before sending. The wax seal is no longer extant but has caused some damage to f.371. There is an ink splatter at the top of f.371v.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.26’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.370r. The final line of f.370v has been underlined. There are two partial postmarks stamped over the address on f.371v.
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History
Date:
17 February 1778
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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