Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 30 January 1761 [D9582]
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CMV34174
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FS 315 C 27, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d’Argental et à Jeanne Grâce Bosc du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental [document manuscrit]’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 30 January 1761 [D9582]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Adorables anges, je demande grâce pour ce beau mot
Incipit Modernised:
Adorables anges, je demande grâce pour ce beau mot
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 30 January 1761.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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222 x 187 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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History
Date:
30 January 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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Passed at the Vicomte de Fer….. sale in Paris on 3 December 1866 (Lot. 777), and the Sotheby sale in London on 28 July 1919 (Lot. 318).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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