Autograph letter from Marie Anne Henriette Payan de Lestang, Marquise d’Antremont, to Voltaire, written from Aubenas and dated 4 June 1771 [D17226].
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CMV33939
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5-240 (II, f.312), ‘Lettre ‘à Voltaire de la marquise d’Entremont, Aubenas 4 juin 1771
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Autograph letter from Marie Anne Henriette Payan de Lestang, Marquise d’Antremont, to Voltaire, written from Aubenas and dated 4 June 1771 [D17226].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Enchanter son siècle par dès grâces de la poésie; l’instruire en Lui transmettant avèc une élégante précision le tableau dès événements passés?
Incipit Modernised:
Enchanter son siècle par dès grâces de la poésie; l’instruire en Lui transmettant avec une élégante précision le tableau dès événements passés?
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Marie Anne Henriette Payan de Lestang, Marquise d’Antremont, to Voltaire, written from Aubenas and dated 4 June 1771.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is a lettre en vers in the hand of the Marquise d’Antremont, adulating Voltaire’s philosophical and linguistic gifts and referencing Voltaire’s memoir on the Calas affair and his letter to Mr Soumarokov (D15489). The author mentions copies of her recent works delivered to Voltaire and laments his lack of communication.
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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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4 June 1771
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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.121, p.422–423
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.121, ‘MS1’, p.423
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