Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, dating to c.15 March 1761 [D9680]
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CMV33853
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Français 12934 (fol.29)
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, dating to c.15 March 1761 [D9680]
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MF 23568
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mr praut doit savoir que le volume a luy envoyé par les freres crammer est une chose tres delicate, quil ne faut ny demander une permission ny mettre mon nom a la tete du livre ny la 1ere lettre de mon nom que le libraire risquerait baucoup que je n’avoue aucune des pieces que ce livre contient, et que je les desavoue presque touttes.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Louis François Prault, dating to c. 15 March 1761.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire begins by saying that Prault should know that the volume sent to him by the Crammer brothers is a delicate matter, and that Voltaire’s name should not be associated with it as it would put the bookseller at risk. He adds that he does not admit to writing any of the pieces that the book contains, and disavows almost all of them. He ends with a brief note to say that he is waiting for Tancrède.
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1 f.
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–
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2
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been inserted into a paper frame and held in place with wax.
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Undecorated
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A note in a separate hand to Voltaire’s has been added on the verso side, detailing a meeting between D’Argental and Prault on 4 January 1761.
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Owned by Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
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