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 6 February 1767 [D13923]
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CMV35976
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Français 12936 (p.193-196)
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 6 February 1767 [D13923]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vôtre créature l’a échapé belle, mes divins anges; les conseillers d’état, les neiges et les maladies attachées à l’age et à la rigueur du climat, me réduisaient à une pitoiable situation.
Incipit Modernised:
Vôtre créature l’a échapé belle, mes divins anges; les conseillers d’état, les neiges et les maladies attachées à l’âge et à la rigueur du climat, me réduisaient à une pitoiable situation.
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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 6 February 1767.
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Physical Description
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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 has also 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.72*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.193. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.193. There is a minor correction to the second word of l.2 of p.193 in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
6 February 1767
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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