Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, dated 14 March [1774] [D18850]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36014
Repository:
Shelfmark:
Français 12936 (p.289-290)
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, dated 14 March [1774] [D18850]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis fort embarassé Monsieur entre l’hippopot^ame^.
Incipit Modernised:
Je suis fort embarassé Monsieur entre l’hippopotame.
Language(s):
In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, dated 14 March [1774].
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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Hands:
2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
There is a slight stain over the start of l.14 on p.290.
Materiality Keywords:
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.110*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.289. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.289.
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History
Date:
14 March [1774]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.124, p.354
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.124, p.354