Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 8 January 1767 ‘au soir’ [D13820]
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CMV35942
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Français 12936 (p.149-152)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 8 January 1767 ‘au soir’ [D13820]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mes divins anges, nous recevons vôtre Lettre du 3 janvier.
Incipit Modernised:
Mes divins anges, nous recevons vôtre Lettre du 3 janvier.
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 8 January 1767 ‘au soir’. The letter is signed by Voltaire, Jean-Louis Wagnière, and Léonard Racle.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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4
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
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There is a minor correction to l.7 of p.149 in the form of a crossing out, and to l.5 and l.8 of p.152 in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript. There are further corrections to l.4 and l.9 of p.149 and l.18 of p.150 in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text. The penultimate word of l.16 on p.152 has been underlined. A marginal note summarising the text has been added to the left-hand margin of p.150. A fourth hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.63*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.149. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.149.
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History
Date:
8 January 1767 ‘au soir, partira le 10’
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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