Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis-Amable Deprez de Crassier, written from Les Délices and dating to c.1760 [D9025]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV35993
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Shelfmark:
Français 12936 (p.235-236)
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis-Amable Deprez de Crassier, written from Les Délices and dating to c.1760 [D9025]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous mavez promis monsieur vos bons offices dans l’occasion.
Incipit Modernised:
Vous m’avez promis monsieur vos bons offices dans l’occasion.
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis-Amable Deprez de Crassier, written from Les Délices and dating to c.1760.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire remins de Crassier that he offered him [Voltaire] his good offices, an offer he is now taking up. He asks that de Crassier makes the insolent curé de Versoy feel that he does not want to prevent him from visiting a girl. He then mocks the abbé, saying that these funny people are starting to act like the police.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
An additional slip of paper has been affixed to the bottom of the letter. The lower right-hand corner of this slip of paper has been dog-eared.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.89*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.235. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.235.
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History
Date:
[c.1760]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
aux délices
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