Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, written from Lunéville and dated 13 February [1748] [D3617]
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CMV36782
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MS 121.4
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, written from Lunéville and dated 13 February [1748] [D3617]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
j’avois bien raison mon cher amy de vous dire que jesperois baucoup de ce Denis et de ne vous point faire de critiques.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean-François Marmontel, written from Lunéville and dated 13 February [1748].
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2 ff.
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187 x 116 mm
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2
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The paper bear a partial watermark of a shield bearing a post horn, and text reading ‘J HONIG & ZOON’
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The paper features two additional horizontal fold lines. The wax seal is extant on f.2v, and has caused some damage to the same. There are several pin holes throughout, and minor staining to f.2. There are small amounts of red wax over the address on f.2v.
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Undecorated
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A postage stamp has been stamped over the address on f.2v. A second, unknown hand has added ’14lt8′ in the upper right-hand corner of f.2v.
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There are two bifolium 4o sheets included in the archival folder which state that this is a letter from Voltaire to Marmontel. These date to the eighteenth-century.
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