Autograph letter to Voltaire, written from château de Maulevrier and dated 7 April 1761 [D9728].
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CMV33928
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5-240 (II, f.287-288), ‘Lettre du 7 avril 1761, de l’… d.l.T., adressée à Voltaire’
Title:
Autograph letter to Voltaire, written from château de Maulevrier and dated 7 April 1761 [D9728].
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Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
Respectable viellard, vers qui mon cœur soupire
Incipit Modernised:
Respectable vieillard, vers qui mon cœur soupire
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No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from l’… d.l.T (unknown) to Voltaire, written from château de Maulevrier and dated 7 April 1761.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is an autograph letter beginning with a poem composed of two stanzas. The main body of the letter reflects on the writer’s stay at the château de Maulevrier and their engagement with Voltaire’s literary works, notably Tancrède and La Henriade. The author also mentions the sujet de poésie proposed by the Académie française and his unsuccessful efforts to acquire the Dictionnaire encyclopédique.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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1
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
7 April 1761
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
OCV Reference:
vol.107, p.149–151
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.107, ‘MS1’, p.151
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