Autograph letter from Voltaire to Bernard Louis Chauvelin, written from [Les Délices] and dating to 1 November 1762 [D10791]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36033
Repository:
Shelfmark:
MS 123.7
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Bernard Louis Chauvelin, written from [Les Délices] and dating to 1 November 1762 [D10791]
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
puis que votre excellence aime notre tripot a ce point, puis quelle se prete avec tant de bonté a nos tragiques bagatelles
Incipit Modernised:
Puis que votre excellence aime notre tripot à ce point, puis qu’elle se prête avec tant de bonté à nos tragiques bagatelles
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Bernard Louis Chauvelin, written from [Les Délices] and dating to 1 November 1762.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
178 x 185 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn, topped with a crown. Beneath the shield are the initials ‘D & C B[lauw]’.
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS was folded into four (since unfolded). The upper portion of the letter appears to have been cut away. Ink from the facing page has transferred onto the bottom of f.1v. There is a small hole in the left-hand margin of f.2r, and some tearing to the right-hand side of the same. There is further minor tearing to the fold lines.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
There is a minor correction to the first word of l.2 on f.2r in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
[1 November 1762]
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
[Les Délices]
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Provenance:
Passed at the Dubois sale hosted by Laverdet in Paris on 31 January 1854 (Lot. 1090), the C.P.B.G. sale hosted by Charavay in Paris on 11 February 1856 (Lot. 369), and the Libreria Banzi sale in Bologna in December 1968 (Lot. 218).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.109, p.298-299
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.109, p.299