Letter signed from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 March 1765 [D12434]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35837

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.379)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 March 1765 [D12434]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Mon cher Esculape, la philosophe se met entre vos mains

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In Own Hand:

Partly

Brief Summary:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Théodore Tronchin, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 March 1765.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

1 f.

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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:

There is a small ink blot in the upper right-hand corner of f.379r, and some slight staining to the same.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.33’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.379r. There is a minor correction to the third word of l.3 on f.379 in the form of a crossing out with the addition of corrected text superscript.

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History

Date:

4 March 1763

Ownership:

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

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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