Letter signed from Voltaire to Louis-Amable Deprez de Crassier, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 8 April 1767 [D14093]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35856

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.413-414)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Louis-Amable Deprez de Crassier, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 8 April 1767 [D14093]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Monsieur, Vous me pénétrez de Joie en m’aprenant vôtre heureux succez.

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Partly

Brief Summary:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Louis-Amable Deprez de Crassier, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 8 April 1767.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

2 ff.

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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:

The paper used to write the letter is very thin. The wax seal is no longer extant but has caused some damage to f.414v.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A second hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.413r.

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History

Date:

8 April 1767

Ownership:

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

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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