Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Les Délices and dated 9 May 1764 [D11866]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV33655
Repository:
Shelfmark:
*KGV+ 11-194 (p.207-211), ‘Lettres de Mons. de Voltaire a mad. la marq. du Deffand’
Title:
Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Les Délices and dated 9 May 1764 [D11866]
Collection(s):
Related record(s):
No related manuscripts found.
Link to Archive Catalogue:
Link to Digital Resource:
OCLC Number:
767738209
Reproductions:
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
C’est moi, Madame, qui vous demande pardon de n’avoir pas eu l’honneur de vous écrire, et ce n’est pas à vous, s’il vous plaît, à me dire que vous n’avez pas eu l’honneur de m’écrire.
Incipit Modernised:
C’est moi, madame, qui vous demande pardon de n’avoir pas eu l’honneur de vous écrire, et ce n’est pas à vous, s’il vous plaît, à me dire que vous n’avez pas eu l’honneur de m’écrire.
Language(s):
In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Copy of a letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Les Délices and dated 9 May 1764.
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Genre(s):
Status:
Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
5 pp.
Format:
Dimensions:
Height: 330 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with three different watermarks: text reading ‘Sebille van Ketel & Wassenbergh’; a shield with the initials ‘SKW’; and text reading ‘D&C Blauw’.
Countermark:
Binding:
Bound with other letters in the collection in c.19th half dark green morocco, gilt, with marbled paper boards and marbled endleaves.
Additional Comments:
The binder’s blank flyleaves at the beginning and end are in c.19th wove paper. The binder has titled the collection: ‘Recueil de letters. Tome 1’.
Materiality Keywords:
Decorations:
The text is contained within frames of plummet.
Additions:
There are corrections and marginal notes scattered throughout. Additional pencil annotations have been added in a later hand.
Marginalia Keywords:
Inclusions:
History
Date:
Ownership:
Origin (transcript):
aux Délices
Origin:
Provenance:
Part of the Martin J. Gross Collection.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
OCV Manuscript Reference:
Record created by:
Record created on: