Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, dated 13 August 1755 [D6406]
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CMV35910
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Français 12936 (p.56)
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, dated 13 August 1755 [D6406]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon heros veut il ou dédaigne t’il que ju luy dédie mes magots de la chine?
Incipit Modernised:
Mon héros veut il ou dédaigne t’il que je luy dédie mes magots de la Chine?
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd duc de Richelieu, dated 13 August 1755.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
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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 is a small ink splatter over l.16-17 on p.56.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.34*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.56 The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the lower left-hand corner of p.56. There is a minor correction to l.3 of p.56 in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript.
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History
Date:
13 August 1755
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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