Letter signed from Voltaire to Anne Madeleine Louise Charlotte Auguste Bollioud de Saint-Julien, baronne d’Argental [née de La Tour Du Pin], written in the hand of Bigex from Ferney and dated 12 September 1768 [D15206]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35986
Repository:
Shelfmark:
Français 12936 (p.219-220)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Anne Madeleine Louise Charlotte Auguste Bollioud de Saint-Julien, baronne d’Argental [née de La Tour Du Pin], written in the hand of Bigex from Ferney and dated 12 September 1768 [D15206]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Daignez-vous, Madame, vous souvenir de ce vieux solitaire qui prenait la liberté de vous appeller son papillon philosophe?
Incipit Modernised:
Daignez-vous, Madame, vous souvenir de ce vieux solitaire qui prenait la liberté de vous appeller son papillon philosophe?
Language(s):
In Own Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Anne Madeleine Louise Charlotte Auguste Bollioud de Saint-Julien, baronne d’Argental [née de La Tour Du Pin], written in the hand of Bigex from Ferney and dated 12 September 1768.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
Format:
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Hands:
3
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded in half vertically (since unfolded). There is a small ink splatter between l.7 and l.8 on p.220.
Materiality Keywords:
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.82*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.219. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.219.
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History
Date:
12 September 1768
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
Au château de Ferney
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.118, p.51
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.118, p.51