Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 4 [February 1739] [D1846]
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CMV35891
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Français 12936 (p.25-26)
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 4 [February 1739] [D1846]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
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Incipit Diplomatic:
tout est il enfin eclaircy, et ce monstre de desfontaines pourra t’il se vanter d’avoir repandu des nuages sur une amitié si respectable et si tendre
Incipit Modernised:
Tout est il enfin éclaircy, et ce monstre de Desfontaines pourra t’il se vanter d’avoir répandu des nuages sur une amitié si respectable et si tendre?
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thiériot, dated 4 [February 1739].
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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2
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
There are a number of small ink blots at the bottom of p.26.
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Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.10*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.25. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.25. There is a minor correction to the dateline and l.2 of p.25 in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text. There is a further correction to l.8 of p.26 in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript.
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History
Date:
4 [February 1739]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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