Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jacques Bagieu, written from Potsdam and dated 1 April [1752] [D4856]
Identifiers
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CMV34182
Shelfmark:
FS 316 C 20, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Jacques Bagieu, chirurgien-major des gendarmes de la garde du roi [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jacques Bagieu, written from Potsdam and dated 1 April [1752] [D4856]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Si quelque chose monsieur, m’a jamais sensiblement touché, c’est la lettre par la quelle vous m’avez bien voulu prévenir
Incipit Modernised:
Si quelque chose monsieur, m’a jamais sensiblement touché, c’est la lettre par la quelle vous m’avez bien voulu prévenir
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jacques Bagieu, written from Potsdam and dated 1 April [1752].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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237 x 187 mm
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1
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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A few words have been underlined on f.1v.
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History
Date:
1 April [1752]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 5 February 1881 (Lot. 226), before entering the Morrison collection. Passed again at a Sotheby sale in London on either 19 April or 10 December 1918 (Lot. 1768, or Lot. 2120).
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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