Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Cardinal André Hercule de Fleury, written from Brussels and dated 10 September 1742 [D2655]
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CMV34245
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FS 315 C 11, ‘Lettre de Voltaire au cardinal de Fleury [document manuscrit]’
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Cardinal André Hercule de Fleury, written from Brussels and dated 10 September 1742 [D2655]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monseigneur, Je commence par envoier à votre Eminence la première lettre que le roy de Prusse m’écrivit le vingt six aoust, qu’il datte par inadvertence du mois de septembre.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Cardinal André Hercule de Fleury, written from Brussels and dated 10 September 1742.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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225 x 182 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 four notes to the MS. The first reads ‘au Cardinal de fleury’. The second is the date ’10 7bre 1740 [deletion: 1742].’ The third reads ‘Eo/’. The fourth is the number ’10’.
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[10 September 1742]
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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 31 January 1882 (Lot. 228).
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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