Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Monriond and dated 6 February 1757 [D7143]
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CMV34170
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FS 318 C 3, ‘Lettre de Voltaire au comte d’Argental [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Monriond and dated 6 February 1757 [D7143]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Moi aller à Petersbourg mon cher ange.
Incipit Modernised:
Moi aller à Petersbourg mon cher ange.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Monriond and dated 6 February 1757.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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238 x 184 mm
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2
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Originally contained in a book-shaped box made of red calf with double frame of two golden fillets and lined with beige suede. Each document in the original collection is now kept individually in non-acid envelopes and divided into two also non-acid boxes
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A second, unknown hand has added the date ‘1757’ and the phrase ‘Re[çu] le 17 février 1757’ to the manuscript
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History
Date:
6 February 1757
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Monrion
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11, no.3.
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