Letter from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 20 April 1768 [D14970]
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CMV35983
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Français 12936 (p.212)
Title:
Letter from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 20 April 1768 [D14970]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
On envoie une guerre au cher correspondant.
Incipit Modernised:
On envoie une guerre au cher correspondant.
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No
Brief Summary:
Letter from Voltaire to Charles Bordes, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 20 April 1768.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire opens the letter by saying that he sends Bordes a war. He adds that the Archevêque d’Auch, Jean-François de Chatillard de Montillet-Grenaud, will be unhappy, but that an archbishop should not make a mandate for defamatory libel. Voltaire ends by asking Bordes to share any news he receives.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded in half horizontally (since unfolded).
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.79’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.212. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.212, and in the right-hand margin of the same.
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History
Date:
20 April 1768
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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Bibliography
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OCV Reference:
vol.117, p.297
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.117, p.297