Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 7 November 1759 [D8393]
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CMV33625
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LMC 1391 (B), ‘French Literature mss., ca. 1750-1978’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 7 November 1759 [D8393]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon divin ange que vous dirai-je?
Incipit Modernised:
Mon divin ange que vous dirai-je?
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 7 November 1759.
Detailed Summary:
In the letter, Voltaire complains that troubles encountered through recent acquisitions of property have delayed his work on ‘les chevaliers et les czars’.
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1 pp.
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Owned by H. H. H. Remak.
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Passed at the Solomon sale in Berlin in 1925 (Kat.20, no.668), and the Stargardt sake in Berlin in January 1939 (no.187). Gifted to the Lilly library in 1982.
Bibliography
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Henry H. H. Remak, Modern Language Notes, LXI, 7, Nov 1941
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