Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos, written from Ferney and dated 22 October 1760 [D9340]
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CMV34240
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FS 316 C 25, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Charles Duclos, secrétaire de l’Académie française [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos, written from Ferney and dated 22 October 1760 [D9340]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous êtes ferme et actif, vous aimez le bien public, vous êtes mon homme, et je vous aime de tout mon cœur.
Incipit Modernised:
Vous êtes ferme et actif, vous aimez le bien public, vous êtes mon homme, et je vous aime de tout mon cœur.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles Pinot Duclos, written from Ferney and dated 22 October 1760.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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225 x 183 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Undecorated
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A second, unknown hand has added a note to the MS which reads ‘XX Mr Duclos, Lettre de la main de Voltaire’. This note connects to the main text with the shared symbols of ‘Xx’.
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22 October 1760
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Bibliography
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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