Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph de Thomassin, baron de Juilly, written from Ferney and dated 27 November 1774 [D19204]
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CMV36015
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Français 12936 (p.291-292)
Title:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph de Thomassin, baron de Juilly, written from Ferney and dated 27 November 1774 [D19204]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23570
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous rajeunissez, Monsieur, un octogénaire en lui fesant lire votre poëme de La France illustrée par les Arts, et vous vous mettez au rang de ceux qui l’illustrent.
Incipit Modernised:
Vous rajeunissez, monsieur, un octogénaire en lui faisant lire votre poème de la France illustrée par les arts, et vous vous mettez au rang de ceux qui l’illustrent.
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No
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Bernard Joseph de Thomassin, baron de Juilly, written from Ferney and dated 27 November 1774.
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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:
There is an ink blot in the upper left-hand corner of p.291.
Materiality Keywords:
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.111*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.291. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.291. Select titles and phrases have been underlined throughout. There is a minor correction to the first word of l.16 of p.291 in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript.
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History
Date:
27 November 1774
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
château de Ferney
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.125, p.218-219
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.125, p.219