Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claire Josèphe Hippolyte Léris de La Tude, Mademoiselle Clairon, dated May 1750 [D4146]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35905
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Shelfmark:
Français 12936 (p.49-50)
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claire Josèphe Hippolyte Léris de La Tude, Mademoiselle Clairon, dated May 1750 [D4146]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
belle cleopatre, je vous supplie de me ménager une place dans la loge grillée ou sera probablement monsieur de marmontel.
Incipit Modernised:
Belle Cleopatre, je vous supplie de me ménager une place dans la loge grillée où sera probablement monsieur de Marmontel.
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Claire Josèphe Hippolyte Léris de La Tude, Mademoiselle Clairon, dated May 1750.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
There is an ink blot on the left-hand side of p.50.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.26*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.49 The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.49. The name ‘Cleopatre’ has been underlined on l.8 of p.49.
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History
Date:
fin de May 1750
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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