Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Charles Philibert Trudaine de Montigny, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 3 December 1775 [D19771]

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CMV:

CMV35848

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.399)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Charles Philibert Trudaine de Montigny, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 3 December 1775 [D19771]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

Monsieur, C’est malgré moi que j’eus l’honneur de vous envoier les cris de ma province, contre les trente mille livres

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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 3 December 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:

There is some ink transfer from another document to the right of the bibliographical reference in the upper left-hand corner of f.399r.

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Undecorated

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A third hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.399r.

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History

Date:

3 December 1775

Ownership:

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

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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