Letter signed from Voltaire to an unknown recipient, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 20 November 1772 [D18030]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV33864

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.14)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to an unknown recipient, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 20 November 1772 [D18030]

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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Recipient

Incipit Diplomatic:

Monsieur Monsieur De Crassier mon voisin, brave et bon officier, m’a mandé que vous voulier bien lui accorder vos bons offices auprès de Monseigneur Le Duc de La Vrilliere.

Incipit Modernised:

Monsieur Monsieur de Crassier, mon voisin, brave et bon officier, m’a mandé que vous vouliez bien lui accorder vos bons offices auprès de Monseigneur le duc de La Vrillière.

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In Own Hand:

Partly

Brief Summary:

Letter signed from Voltaire to an unknown recipient, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 20 November 1772.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

1 f.

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Hands:

3

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Binding:

The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A provenance note in a third hand has been added in the upper left-hand corner of f.14r

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Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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