Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Dominique Louis Ethis de Corny, written from Ferney and dated 13 June [1768] [D15069]
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CMV34237
Shelfmark:
FS 316 C 28, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à M. Éthis de Corny [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Dominique Louis Ethis de Corny, written from Ferney and dated 13 June [1768] [D15069]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis obligé monsieur de vous informer que deux ou trois moines défroqués qui sont en Hollande impriment continuellement des livres contre notre sainte relligion.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Dominique Louis Ethis de Corny, written from Ferney and dated 13 June [1768].
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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Dimensions:
245 x 183 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second, unknown hand has added three notes to the MS. The first reads ‘A M. Ethis.’ The second is the date ‘1768’. The third is the note ‘7e’.
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History
Date:
23 June [1768]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 14 July 1879 (Lot. 169), before entering the Morrison collection. Presumably passed at its sale by Sotheby in London on 10 December 1918 (Lot. 2120).
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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