Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Charles Philibert Trudaine de Montigny, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 8 October 1775 [D19697]
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CMV35846
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Français 12935 (fol.397)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Charles Philibert Trudaine de Montigny, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 8 October 1775 [D19697]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Après avoir écrit cette Lettre à Monsieur L’abbé Morellet, que je prie de nous protèger auprès de vous, j’ai la confiance de vous demander vôtre protection à vous même.
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Charles Philibert Trudaine de Montigny, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 8 October 1775.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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3
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
The paper was folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. There is an ink splatter over l.8 on f.397r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.397r. The same hand has also added a footnote to the bottom of f.397r providing a further bibliographical reference. This note is linked to the main text through the use of a corresponding symbol.
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History
Date:
8 October 1775
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
Ferney
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