Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 March 1765 [D12431]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35927
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Shelfmark:
Français 12936 (p.101-102)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 March 1765 [D12431]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Ah! Monsieur, vous voiez bien que Jean Jaques ressemble à un philosophe comme un singe ressemble à l’homme.
Incipit Modernised:
Ah! Monsieur, vous voiez bien que Jean Jaques ressemble à un philosophe comme un singe ressemble à l’homme.
Language(s):
In Own Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 4 March 1765.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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Hands:
3
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
Ink from another document has transferred onto the top of p.101.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.48’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.101. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.101.
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History
Date:
4 March 1765
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
ferney
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