Letter signed from Voltaire to Jacques de Rochefort d’Ally, chevalier de Rochefort d’Ally, written from Paris and dated 16 April [1778] [D21156]
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CMV33303
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Swann Auction Galleries- Lot 272, ‘”A VERSAILLES PREACHER . . . WOULD WILLINGLY REFUSE ME A BURIAL” VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DE.’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Jacques de Rochefort d’Ally, chevalier de Rochefort d’Ally, written from Paris and dated 16 April [1778] [D21156]
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https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/VOLTAIRE-FRANÇOIS-MARIE-AROUET-DE-Letter-Signed-V-to-the-Cou?saleno=2192&lotNo=273&refNo=620017
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Incipit Diplomatic:
je demande bien pardon à Madame dixneufans de lui avoir écrit on cérémonie.
Incipit Modernised:
Je demande bien pardon à Madame dix-neuf ans de lui avoir écrit on cérémonie.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Jacques de Rochefort d’Ally, chevalier de Rochefort d’Ally, written from Paris and dated 16 April [1778].
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire begs forgiveness for having written to ‘Madame Dixneufans’ on ceremony. He adds that he could be much more cross with Rochefort d’Ally for taking so long to reply but he has had a violent fever caused by two fatal illnesses from which he has escaped, noting his dismay at being told that l’abbé de Beauregard, preacher of Versailles, would gladly have refused him burial. Voltaire continues by rallying against this claim, ensuring Rochefort d’Ally that he observed Lent more rigorously than most monks in Europe, that he is a more diaphanous and leaner than any disciples of Loyola, and that he resembles Lazarus coming out of his niche.
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2 pp.
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–
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2
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Some minor foxing throughout.
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Undecorated
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Sold at auction by Swann Auction Galleries on 29 October 2009 (Sale 2192, Lot 272) for $3840.
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