Autograph letter from Jean Ricaud to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 14 June 1747 [D3527].
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CMV33932
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5-240 (II, f.295), ‘Lettre à Voltaire de Ricaud, Paris, 14 juin 1747’
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Autograph letter from Jean Ricaud to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 14 June 1747 [D3527].
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Jean Ricaud to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 14 June 1747.
Detailed Summary:
According to T. D. N. Besterman, Voltaire’s correspondent may have been P. Ricaud de Tiregale, who later published Médailles des principaux événements de l’empire de Russie (Potsdam 1772).
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1 f.
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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:
14 June 1747
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.94, p.151
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.94, ‘MS1’, p.151
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