Autograph letter signed from Cosimo Alessandro Collini to Sébastien Dupont, written from Colmar and dated 12 October 1754 [D5950]
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CMV35868
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MS 121.19
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Cosimo Alessandro Collini to Sébastien Dupont, written from Colmar and dated 12 October 1754 [D5950]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Vous permettrez que je vous présente mes respects du milieu des Vôges.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Vous permettrez que je vous présente mes respects du milieu des Vosges.
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No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Cosimo Alessandro Collini to Sébastien Dupont, written from Colmar and dated 12 October 1754.
Detailed Summary:
Collini begins by offering Dupont his resects, noting that the mountains of Colmar are not pleasant, but that he would find them charming if Dupont were there. He adds that Voltaire, who sends Dupont his most tender compliments, has resolved to spend the winter in Colmar, noting that Voltaire looks on Dupont as a friend he cannot do without, and who will be his only consolation during the horrors of the cold. Collini remarks that Voltaire will stay in Colmar as long as there are sunny days, and will flee at the first frost.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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230 x 180 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked, but this mark is indistinguishable due to the paper being cut.
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS as folded using the ‘Tuck, Fold, and Seal’ method, but the second page bearing the address is missing. The MS has also been folded in half horizontally, and there is some discolouration around this fold. There is a blob of red wax in the lower left-hand corner of f.1r, some of which has transferred to the upper left-hand corner of the same. There is also an ink smudge at the top of f.1r which appears to be an attempt to erase a mistaken word. There is a small tear beneath the date line on f.1r. A small strip of tape has been affixed to the upper right-hand corner of f.1r.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
12 October 1754
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
a la Papeterie
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Provenance:
Passed at the ‘bibliophile voyageur’ [Leblanc] sale in Paris on 14 December 1843 (Lot. 1411), the ‘feu le comte *** ‘ [Hunolstein] sale hosted by Charavay in Paris on 3 February 1858 (Lot. 97), the Charavay sale in Paris on 21 April 1869 (Lot. 30), and the Dubrunfaut sale in Paris on 22 December 1884 (Lot.158).
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