Autograph letter from Jean Hellot to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 28 June 1763 [D11282].
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CMV33945
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5-240 (II, f.357–358), ‘Lettre de Hellot à Voltaire, Paris, 28 juin 1763 (sur la veuve du Czarovitz)’
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Autograph letter from Jean Hellot to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 28 June 1763 [D11282].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous avez fait mourir, Monsieur, comme les autres historiens, la princesse Veuve du Czarevitz, fils de Pierre le Grand.
Incipit Modernised:
Vous avez fait mourir, Monsieur, comme les autres historiens, la princesse Veuve du Czarevitz, fils de Pierre le Grand.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Jean Hellot to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 28 June 1763.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is a letter written in the hand of Jean Hellot and narrating an anecdotal story of the princess Veuve du Czarevitz, the daughter of Peter the Great. Her biographical narrative is recounted in scrupulous detail, chronicling her marriages, widowhood, travels, counterfeit, feigned illness, and life in isolation. A Russian translation of this letter was published by Lyublinsky A, p p. 161–163, wrongly dated 1765.
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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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28 June 1763
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Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
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