Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre-Robert Le Cornier de Cideville, signed by Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Haillet de Couronne and Louis-Auguste Dambourney, written from Les Délices and dated 4 October 1758 [D7889]
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CMV35950
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MS 122.12
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Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre-Robert Le Cornier de Cideville, signed by Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Haillet de Couronne and Louis-Auguste Dambourney, written from Les Délices and dated 4 October 1758 [D7889]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Que les Russes soient battus, mon cher et ancien ami
Incipit Modernised:
Que les Russes soient battus, mon cher et ancien ami
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No
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre-Robert Le Cornier de Cideville, signed by Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Haillet de Couronne and Louis-Auguste Dambourney, written from Les Délices and dated 4 October 1758.
Detailed Summary:
Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Haillet de Couronne and Louis-Auguste Dambourney both acted as secrétaire perpétuel to l’Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
Format:
Dimensions:
252 x 188 mm
Hands:
4
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Countermark:
The paper is countermarked with the initials ‘M S’.
Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
There are several small tears to the lower right-hand corner of f.1r and a stain to the top of the same. The lower left-hand corner of f.1r has been dog-eared.
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Undecorated
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The letter has been signed by Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Haillet de Couronne and Louis-Auguste Dambourney, though the letter is in the hand of neither of these two men. A fourth hand has added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.1v. There are several minor corrections throughout in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text in a darker ink. The latin phrase on f.1v has been underlined.
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History
Date:
4 October 1758
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
Aux délices
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Provenance:
This copy was made for the Beaumarchias-Kehl edition.
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