Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental , written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 29 December 1766 [D13776]
Identifiers
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CMV35937
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Français 12936 (p.131-134)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental , written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 29 December 1766 [D13776]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Voiez, mon cher ange, si homère n’avait pas raison de dire que le destin est le maître de tout.
Incipit Modernised:
Voiez, mon cher ange, si Homère n’avait pas raison de dire que le destin est le maître de tout.
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In Own Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental , written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 29 December 1766.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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3
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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 blot between l.5-6 on p.134.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.54*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.131. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference and a footnote identifying a matter mentioned in the letter to the bottom of p.131. The note is linked to the main text through the use of a corresponding symbol.
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History
Date:
29 December 1766
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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