Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Antoine Noé Polier de Bottens [c.15 November 1757] [D7463]
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CMV34194
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FS 315 C 24, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Monsieur Polier de Bottens, premier pasteur à Lausanne [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Antoine Noé Polier de Bottens [c.15 November 1757] [D7463]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Quand je suis voisin du naufrage
Incipit Modernised:
Quand je suis voisin du naufrage
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Antoine Noé Polier de Bottens [c.15 November 1757].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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245 x 184 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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A second, unknown hand has added the number ’29’ and the date ‘1757’ to the MS.
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History
Date:
[c.15 November 1757]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Provenance:
Bought by Biencourt at the Charon sale in Paris on 16 April 1846 (Lot. 116).
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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