Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to “R” who is going to Berlin on an amorous mission, teasing him, c.1750 [D4652a-N]
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CMV32958
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*KGV++ (Voltaire. Selected Manuscripts) 08-42
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to “R” who is going to Berlin on an amorous mission, teasing him, c.1750 [D4652a-N]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
quae tibi tanta fuit berlinum causa vivendi?
Incipit Modernised:
quae tibi tanta fuit berlinum causa vivendi?
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
A short autograph letter signed from Voltaire to “R” who is going to Berlin on an amorous mission, teasing him, c.1750.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes to “R”, who is going to Berlin on an amorous mission, and teases him about his love affair.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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–
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2
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Unbound
Additional Comments:
A faint black border has been drawn around f.1v. The letter has been folded into four (since unfolded), and features a second diagonal fold just below the horizontal fold line. There are two small pin holes in the upper left-hand corner of f.1r.
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Undecorated
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A later nineteenth-century hand has added a provenance note to the reverse of the letter on f.1v.
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[Berlin]
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Purchased on 30 May 1833 by Edward Capell from a Count in Venice.
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