Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 19 July 1762 [D10594]
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CMV34193
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FS 319 C 7, ‘Lettre autographe signée du 19 juillet 1762 [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Joachim de Pierres, cardinal de Bernis, written from Aux Délices and dated 19 July 1762 [D10594]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Ce n’est pas sans raison monseigneur et non sine numine divum que l’effigie de ma maigre phisionomie est au Louvre précisément au dessous de votre rond et resplendissant et très aimable visage.
Incipit Modernised:
Ce n’est pas sans raison monseigneur et non sine numine divum que l’effigie de ma maigre phisionomie est au Louvre précisément au dessous de votre rond et resplendissant et très aimable visage.
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 19 July 1762.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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200 x 159 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:
10 July 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.109, p.110–111
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.109, ‘MS1’, p.111
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