Letter signed from Voltaire to François, Comte Algarotti, written from Ferney and dated 22 February 1761 [D9643]
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CMV34168
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FS 315 C 29, ‘Lettre de Voltaire au comte Algarotti à Venise [document manuscrit]’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to François, Comte Algarotti, written from Ferney and dated 22 February 1761 [D9643]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ai tâté, caro mio signore, de toutes les misères de la vieillesse, pendant quatre mois entiers
Incipit Modernised:
J’ai tâté, caro mio signore, de toutes les misères de la vieillesse, pendant quatre mois entiers
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
A letter signed from Voltaire to François, Comte Algarotti, written from Ferney and dated 22 February 1761 .
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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232 x 189 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Voltaire has signed the letter and added a postscript in his own hand in Italian. A postmark has been stamped on f.2v.
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History
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22 Febraury 1761
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Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11, no.1.
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