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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, dated 3 March 1760 [D8785]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35855
Repository:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Shelfmark:
Français 12935 (fol.411-412)
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Collection(s):
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Reproductions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon divin ange le vent du nord me tüe
Incipit Modernised:
Language(s):
French, Latin
In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, dated 3 March 1760.
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Genre(s):
Letter
Status:
Autograph
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
4o
Dimensions:
Hands:
1
Watermark:
Countermark:
Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
There is a small ink splatter over the ante-penultimate line of f.412v.
Materiality Keywords:
Ink Splatter, Library Stamp
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The Latin term on l.5 of f.411r has been underlined, as has the phrase ‘serai trop vangé’ on f.412v.
Marginalia Keywords:
Underlining
Inclusions:
History
Date:
3 March 1760
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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