Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Ferney and dated 5 October 1760 [D9285]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34186
Shelfmark:
FS 319 C 1, ‘Lettre autographe signée du 5 octobre 1760 [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Ferney and dated 5 October 1760 [D9285]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous m’avez ordonné monseigneur d’envoier du sérieux à votre Eminence quand j’en aurais.
Incipit Modernised:
Vous m’avez ordonné monseigneur d’envoier du sérieux à votre Eminence quand j’en aurais.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Ferney and dated 5 October 1760.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
225 x 184 mm
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1
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Contained in a protective sleeve bearing the mark of the Parisian house D. Janvier.
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Included with the MS is an extract from a catalog describing the document and the ex-libris armor engraved by Baron de Launoit.
History
Date:
5 October 1760
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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.
OCV Reference:
vol.106, p.183–184
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.106, ‘MS1’, p.184
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