Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Eisen, written from Ferney and dated 14 August 1767 [D14362]
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CMV33267
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PBA Galleries, No.111182- Lot 341, ‘Manuscript Letter Signed’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Eisen, written from Ferney and dated 14 August 1767 [D14362]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je commence à croire, Monsieur, que la henriade, passera à la postérité, en voyant les estampes dont vous l’embellissez.
Incipit Modernised:
Je commence à croire, Monsieur, que la Henriade, passera à la postérité, en voyant les estampes dont vous l’embellissez.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Eisen, written from Ferney and dated 14 August 1767.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that he is beginning to believe that the Henriade will pass into posterity after seeing the prints with which Eisen embellishes it, noting that the idea and the execution does Eisen credit. He adds that he is sure that the edition in which the prints are found will be the most sought after and assures Eisen that noone is more interested in the progress of the arts than him but his age and illness prevents him from cultivating them so he loves all the more those that make them bloom. A copy of this manuscript was made for the Beaumarchais-Kehl edition of the Œuvres de Voltaire and is held at the Institut et musée Voltaire, Geneva (MS BK 1791).
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1 f.
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2
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The letter is framed with a hand-tinted engraved portrait of Voltaire against a green backdrop. The paper features multiple horizontal and vertical fold lines. There is an area of loss in the upper left-hand corner.
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Undecorated
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Lines 5 and 6 have been underlined and the word ‘je’ has been added in the left-hand margin.
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Sold at auction by PBA Galleries on 9 September 2002 (Lot 341) for $1560.
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