Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to John Brinsden, dated summer 1728 [D338]
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CMV34195
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FS 316 C 4, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à John Brindsen, Durham’s yard, by Charing Cross [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to John Brinsden, dated summer 1728 [D338]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Sr, J wish you good health, a quick sale of yr burgundy, much latin and greek to one of yr childrena, much Law, much of Cooke, and Littleton2, to the other, quiet and joy to mistrss Brinsden, money to all.
Incipit Modernised:
Sir, I wish you good health, a quick sale of your burgundy, much Latin and Greek to one of your children, much Law, much of Cooke, and Littleton to the other, quiet and joy to mistress Brinsden, money to all.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to John Brinsden, dated summer 1728.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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228 x 168 mm
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1
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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A postmark has been stamped above the address on f.2v.
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History
Date:
Summer 1728
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Bought by Holloway at the Puttick sale in London on 14 June 1861 (Lot. 463), before entering the Morrison collection. Passed again at the Sotheby sale in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot. 1768), the Sotheby sale in London on 2 June 1924 (Lot. 385), and the An
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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