Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Étienne-François de Choiseul in the hand of Simon Bigex, dating to c.1 June 1771 [D17220]
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CMV35990
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Français 12936 (p.227-228)
Title:
Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Étienne-François de Choiseul in the hand of Simon Bigex, dating to c.1 June 1771 [D17220]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Un hermite qui veut l’être, qui connait parfaitement son néant, et celui de ce monde, qui n’a jamais été gouverné que par son cœur
Incipit Modernised:
Un hermite qui veut l’être, qui connaît parfaitement son néant, et celui de ce monde, qui n’a jamais été gouverné que par son cœur
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No
Brief Summary:
Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Étienne-François de Choiseul in the hand of Simon Bigex, dating to c.1 June 1771.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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2
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.86*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.227. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.227.
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History
Date:
[c.1 June 1771]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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