Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 26 May 1762 [D10469]
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CMV34191
Shelfmark:
FS 319 C 5, ‘Lettre autographe signée du 26 may 1762 [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 26 May 1762 [D10469]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je ne savais pas monseigneur qu’ayant perdu madame votre nièce vous aviez été encor sur le point de perdre sa sœur.
Incipit Modernised:
Je ne savais pas monseigneur qu’ayant perdu madame votre nièce vous aviez été encor sur le point de perdre sa sœur.
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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 26 May 1762.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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192 x 154 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:
26 May 1762
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Origin (transcript):
Aux Délices
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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.108, p.428–429
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.108, ‘MS1’, p.429
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