Letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, written in the hand of Jean-Louis Wagnière and dated 7 January 1760 [D8704]
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CMV33844
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Français 12934 (fol.12-13)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, written in the hand of Jean-Louis Wagnière and dated 7 January 1760 [D8704]
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MF 23568
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ai toujours eu, Monsieur, beaucoup d’estime pour toute vôtre famille, et je vois que pous n’avez pas dègeneré.
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Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, written in the hand of Wagnière and dated 7 January 1760.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire begins by saying that he has great esteem for Prault and all of his family, adding that it is a great sorrow to him to not be able to be as useful to him in his retirement as he might otherwise have been. Voltaire then notes that Prault’s collection of his writings [mentioned in D8625] contains interesting works and asks that Prault sends him a copy.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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–
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2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
There is staining to the bottom of both folios. There is some damage to f.13 caused by a wax seal (no longer extant).
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Undecorated
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The letter has been stamped with a Genevan post stamp. The address Voltaire provides in the body of the letter had been underlined.
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Owned by Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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