Letter 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 25 January 1767 [D13878]

Identifiers

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CMV35946

Shelfmark:

Français 12936 (p.175-178)

Title:

Letter 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 25 January 1767 [D13878]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570

Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

Je reçus hier, mes divins anges, une Lettre de mr de chauvelin qui est de vôtre avis sur les longueurs de la scène d’obeide avec son père au 5e acte.

Incipit Modernised:

Je reçus hier, mes divins anges, une Lettre de mr De Chauvelin qui est de vôtre avis sur les longueurs de la scène d’Obeide avec son père au 5e acte.

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Brief Summary:

Letter 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 25 January 1767.

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Physical Description

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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 paper has been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides.

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Undecorated

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A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.67*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.175. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.175.

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History

Date:

25 January 1767 ‘partira le 26’

Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.

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