Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 25 June 1761 [D9851]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34187
Shelfmark:
FS 319 C 2, ‘Lettre autographe signée du 25 juin 1761 [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 25 June 1761 [D9851]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Eh bien monseigneur, Scipion est donc à Linterne et gaudet tellus cardinale aratore
Incipit Modernised:
Eh bien monseigneur, Scipion est donc à Linterne et gaudet tellus cardinale aratore
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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 Aux Délices and dated 25 June 1761.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
191 x 157 mm
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1
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Binding:
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:
25 June 1761
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Origin (transcript):
Aux Délices
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Provenance:
In the family archives at Saint-Marcel in 1884.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
OCV Reference:
vol.107, p.283
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.107, ‘MS1’, p.283
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