Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Tournay and dated 29 May 1759 [D8323]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35917
Repository:
Shelfmark:
Français 12936 (p.75-78)
Title:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Tournay and dated 29 May 1759 [D8323]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis toujours surpris monsieur de voir que sur les bords de la neva et de la mosca, on écrive et on parle francais comme a versailles
Incipit Modernised:
Je suis toujours surpris, Monsieur, de voir que sur les bords de la Neva et de la Mosca, on écrive et on parle français comme à Versailles
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Tournay and dated 29 May 1759.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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Hands:
2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
There are stains in the lower left-hand margin of p.76 and over the final word of l.16 on p.77. This stain is possibly caused by remnants of wax on p.78. Ink from another document has transferred onto the bottom of p.78.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.38’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.75. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.75. There are several minor corrections throughout in the form of crossings out, the addition of corrected or omitted text superscript, and corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
29 May 1759
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
[Château de Tournay par Genêve]
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