Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marc-Pierre de Voyer, comte d’Argenson, written from Paris and dated ‘de la pleine lune’ [4 July 1747] [D3550]
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CMV36781
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MS 121.3
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marc-Pierre de Voyer, comte d’Argenson, written from Paris and dated ‘de la pleine lune’ [4 July 1747] [D3550]
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marc-Pierre de Voyer, comte d’Argenson, written from Paris and dated ‘de la pleine lune’ [4 July 1747].
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2 ff.
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231 x 183 mm
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1
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The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn, and text reading ‘GR J HONIG & ZOON’. This suggests that the paper was made in Zaandijk in the Netherlands.
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The letter features two small holes. There are a number of ink blots on f.2, and the ink has been smudged on l.12 of f.1v. The letter was folded into four (since unfolded). There is a significant stain to the paper in the shape of a rectangled.
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