Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Antoine Leveux Du Noquet, written from London and dated 14 June 1727 [D316]
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CMV34241
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FS 316 C 3, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Louis Antoine Leveux du Noquet, trésorier général à Calais [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Antoine Leveux Du Noquet, written from London and dated 14 June 1727 [D316]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher amy, il y a très longtemps que je ne vous ay écrit, j’espérois vous aller voir mais ma destinée me retient en Angleterre.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher amy, il y a très longtemps que je ne vous ay écrit, j’espérois vous aller voir mais ma destinée me retient en Angleterre.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Louis Antoine Leveux Du Noquet, written from London and dated 14 June 1727.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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181 x 147 mm
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3
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Thomas Percy, bishop of Dromore has added a signed not to f.2r about the letters that Voltaire wrote in English. An additional, unknown hand has added two numbers to the MS: ’88’ and ‘8’. The name ‘Swift’ has been underlined on f.1r.
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History
Date:
14 June 1727
Ownership:
Owned by Charles Hodges and Alfred Morrison (1821-1897).
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Provenance:
Bought by Charles Hodges at the reverend Thomas Smart Hughes sale in London on 31 January 1848 (Lot. 587). Passed at the Hodges sale in London on 18 December 1848 (Lot. 838), and the John Dillon sale in London on 10 June 1869 (Lot. 956) before entering th
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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