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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Gerard Nicolaus Heerkens, written from Berlin and dated 24 March [1752] [D4847]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36793
Repository:
Voltaire Foundation
Shelfmark:
MS 121.15
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
le triste etat de ma santé monsieur ne me permet pas de vous marquer comme je le voudrais la sensibilité que votre souvenir minspire.
Incipit Modernised:
Language(s):
French
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Gerard Nicolaus Heerkens, written from Berlin and dated 24 March [1752].
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Genre(s):
Letter
Status:
ALS
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
4o
Dimensions:
210 x 172 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a large shield.
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Additional Comments:
The MS features one horizontal and four vertical fold lines. There are several small holes along these fold lines. There is foxing throughout, and red crayon markings in the upper right-hand corner of f.1r.
Materiality Keywords:
Additional Folds, Foxing, Hole
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
There is one small correction on l.14 of f.1r, with a ‘u’ being written over the top of the ‘e’ in the word ‘de’.
Marginalia Keywords:
Correction
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Berlin, Germany
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