Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Catherine II of Russia, written from Ferney and dated 17 August 1772 [D17868]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36004
Repository:
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Français 12936 (p.263-264)
Title:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Catherine II of Russia, written from Ferney and dated 17 August 1772 [D17868]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
madame il nest pas surprenant que [deletion: tous les] tant d’officiers [deletion: de leurope] des autres souverains veuillent être les votres, ett quon sempresse de vouloir servir celle qui est admiree dans leurope et dans l’asie
Incipit Modernised:
Madame, Il n’est pas surprenant que tant d’officiers des autres souverains veuillent être les vôtres, et qu’on s’empresse de vouloir servir celle qui est admirée dans l’Europe et dans l’Asie.
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Catherine II of Russia, written from Ferney and dated 17 August 1772.
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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:
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.100’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.263. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.263. There are several minor corrections throughout in the form of crossings out, the addition of corrected text superscript, and the addition of corrected text over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
17 August 1772
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
ferney
Provenance:
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.123, p.29
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.123, p.29