Letter signed from Voltaire to an unknown recipient, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 15 July 1776 [D20216]
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CMV33291
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RR Auction- Lot 0543, ‘Voltaire Letter Signed’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to an unknown recipient, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 15 July 1776 [D20216]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je fais, Monsieur, entre vos mains, une petite réparation aux breche que j’ai faittes, et que j’élargirai beaucoup avant la fin de l’année.
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Je fais, Monsieur, entre vos mains, une petite réparation aux brèche que j’ai faites, et que j’élargirai beaucoup avant la fin de l’année.
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Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to an unknown recipient, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 15 July 1776.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that he places in the recipient’s hands a small act of atonement for the breaches he has caused and that he made a great deal larger before the end of the year. He adds that it is no easy thing to build a city when one loses thirty thousand francs on the ship Carnatic, and speculates that the recipient lost something there too. He ends by saying that he is far more grieved to have lost Monsieur Turgot.
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1 pp.
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3
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has added his signature to the end of the letter. A third and later hand has added ‘£6500’ to the bottom of the letter in ink and the number ‘202’ has been added in the top right-hand corner in pencil.
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Passed at the William F. Gable sale, American Art Association in New York on 25 November 1924 (Lot 1019). Sold at auction by RR Auction, Boston, MA, United States on 12 August 2021 (Lot 0543).
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