Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Anne Madeleine Louise Charlotte Auguste Bollioud de Saint-Julien, baronne d’Argental [née de La Tour Du Pin], written from Ferney and dated 28 October 1766 [D13631]
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CMV:
CMV35935
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Français 12936 (p.123-126)
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Anne Madeleine Louise Charlotte Auguste Bollioud de Saint-Julien, baronne d’Argental [née de La Tour Du Pin], written from Ferney and dated 28 October 1766 [D13631]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
je ne scais madame si vous avez reçu une lettre que j’eus lhonneur de vous adresser a la grange bateliere il y a environ un mois.
Incipit Modernised:
Je ne sçais madame si vous avez reçu une lettre que j’eus l’honneur de vous adresser à la Grange batelière il y a environ un mois.
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Anne Madeleine Louise Charlotte Auguste Bollioud de Saint-Julien, baronne d’Argental [née de La Tour Du Pin], written from Ferney and dated 28 October 1766.
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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:
The MS was folded into four (since unfolded). There is a small ink splatter at the end of l.3 on p.124 and in the middle of l.3 on p.125. Ink from the previous page has transferred onto p.125, and ink from another document has transferred onto the bottom of p.126.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.56*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.123. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.123.
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History
Date:
28 October 1766
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
ferney
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