Gex
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CMV:
CMV33048
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MS 30
Title:
Gex
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No related collections found.
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vous envoye, Monsieur, des copies des articles 4. ch.5. du cahier des Etats de Bourgogne et des articles 3. et 5. du cahier de Gex.
Incipit Modernised:
Je vous envoie, Monsieur, des copies des articles 4. ch.5. du cahier des États de Bourgogne et des articles 3. et 5. du cahier de Gex.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Original signed letter from Joseph Marie Terray to Cochin, the intendant des finances, dated Versailles 10 v 1770. Endorsed ‘No. 2062’.
Detailed Summary:
A letter from Joseph Marie Terray to Mr. Cochin, the intendandant des finances, written at Versailles on 10th May 1770. The letter is endorsed as ‘No. 2062.’ In the letter, Terray says that he is sending Mr. Cochin Article 4, Chapter 5 of the Book of the States of Bourgogne and Articles 3 and 5 of the Book of the Gex. He asks Mr. Cochin to look at the differences in the objects mentioned there.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
Format:
Dimensions:
312 x 205 mm
Hands:
3
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a crown and sceptre with text underneath reading: ‘V [heart] NAE[?][?][?]N’.
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Additional Comments:
F.1 has two horizontal fold lines, one of which features a series of small holes suggesting that the manuscript had been folded in half and bound in a larger collection at one time.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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Two marginal notes in different hands have been added to the left-hand margin. The first features the title ‘Un papelaique’.
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Ownership:
Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872).
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Provenance:
Bought at auction by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) at Sotheby’s, London on 29th June 1976.
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