Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Colmar and dated 10 November 1754 [D5979]
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CMV35907
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Français 12936 (p.53)
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Colmar and dated 10 November 1754 [D5979]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
malgré ce que je vous ay ecrit monseigneur malgré l’etat ou je suis malgré la mauvaise santê de ma niece, nous partons.
Incipit Modernised:
Malgré ce que je vous ay écrit monseigneur, malgré l’état où je suis, malgré la mauvaise santé de ma nièce, nous partons.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, written from Colmar and dated 10 November 1754.
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Physical Description
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2
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.28*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.53. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.53.
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History
Date:
10 November 1754
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
colmar
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