Secretarial copy of a 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 with autograph additions by Voltaire and dated 30 January 1767 [D13904]
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CMV35973
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Français 12936 (p.183-186)
Title:
Secretarial copy of a 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 with autograph additions by Voltaire and dated 30 January 1767 [D13904]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Nous sommes très inquiets de la santé d’une de nos anges, et nous en demandons des nouvelles à l’autre.
Incipit Modernised:
Nous sommes très inquiets de la santé d’une de nos anges, et nous en demandons des nouvelles à l’autre.
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Partly
Brief Summary:
Secretarial copy of a 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 with autograph additions by Voltaire and dated 30 January 1767.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 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.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.69*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.183. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.183. Additional text has been added in the margins on p.183 and p.186. These marginal notes are linked to the main text through the use of corresponding symbols. The note on p.186 has been added in Voltaire’s hand.
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History
Date:
30 January [1767] ‘part le 31’
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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