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Autograph letter signed from Louis Benjamin Annet, marquis de Perry to Pierre Laulanie de Sudrac, dated 19 December [1768] [D15376]
Identifiers
CMV:
AUTOGRAPH-LETTER-SIGNED-FROM-LOUIS-BENJAMIN-ANNET-MARQUIS-DE-PERRY-TO-PIERRE-LAULANIE-DE-SUDRAC-DATED-19-DECEMBER-1768-D15376
Repository:
Voltaire Foundation
Shelfmark:
MS 125.24
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Le dernier paquet, Monsieur, que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’envoyer est venu à fort petites journées
Incipit Modernised:
Language(s):
French
In Own Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Louis Benjamin Annet, marquis de Perry to Pierre Laulanie de Sudrac, dated 19 December [1768].
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Genre(s):
Letter
Status:
ALS
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
4o
Dimensions:
202 x 157 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
Countermark:
Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS was folded in half horizontally. There is a small hole at the centre of f.1. The author ran out of space to finish their letter, so wrote the end of the letter upside down at the top of each page.
Materiality Keywords:
Additional Folds, Hole
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Select words and phrases have been underlined throughout.
Marginalia Keywords:
Underlining
Inclusions:
History
Date:
19 December [1768]
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
Origin:
Provenance:
Passed at the Sotheby sale in London on 11 June 1968 (Lot. 78).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.118, p.189-191
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.118, p.191