Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marguerite Madeleine Du Moutier, marquise de Bernières, dating to c.March 1725 [D225]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35861
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Français 12936 (p.9-10)
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marguerite Madeleine Du Moutier, marquise de Bernières, dating to c.March 1725 [D225]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
la premiere chose que jai faitte madame en arrivant a paris a eté d’aller trouver le seigneur du lieu ou jai passé des jours si aimables
Incipit Modernised:
La première chose que j’ai faitte madame en arrivant à Paris a été d’aller trouver le seigneur du lieu où j’ai passé des jours si aimables
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marguerite Madeleine Du Moutier, marquise de Bernières, dating to c.March 1725.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There are some small tears and holes along these fold lines. Part of the letter is missing due to the MS being placed in a card frame in the bound volume which obscures some of the text.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The word ‘une’ has been added above the final word of l.12 on p.9. A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.9*’ and provided both bibliographical references and provenance notes on the card frame that surrounds the letter.
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History
Date:
[c.March 1725]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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