Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 13 January 1767 [D13839]
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CMV35945
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Français 12936 (p.167-174)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 13 January 1767 [D13839]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Nous venions, mon cher ange, d’envoier le mémoire cy joint, à mr De Montyon, et d’en faire une copie pour vous, selon nôtre usage, lorsque nous avons reçu vôtre aimable Lettre du 7e janvier.
Incipit Modernised:
Nous venions, mon cher ange, d’envoyer le mémoire ci joint, à mr De Montyon, et d’en faire une copie pour vous, selon nôtre usage, lorsque nous avons reçu vôtre aimable lettre du 7e janvier.
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 13 January 1767.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
4 ff.
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3
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
The MS was folded into four (since unfolded). The paper was also folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. There is an ink blot over the date line on p.167.
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has added marginal notes throughout expanding on, or correcting, the text. These notes are linked to the text through the use of corresponding symbols. He has also added a superscript n.b. on p.168. Omitted text has been added superscript on l.11 on p.167. A third hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.*66’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.167.
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History
Date:
13 January [1767] ‘partira le 14’
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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