Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk, graf von Keyserlingk, dated [23 December 1758] [D7992]
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CMV34252
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FS 315 C 25, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Monsieur de Schouvalow chambellan de l’Impératrice à Moscou ; Lettre de Voltaire au Comte de Keyserling [documents manuscrits]’
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk, graf von Keyserlingk, dated [23 December 1758] [D7992]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Après avoir eu l’honneur de vous écrire, et de vous envoïer une Lettre pour Monsieur de Showalow vôtre ami, j’ai reçu celle dont vous m’honnorez.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk, graf von Keyserlingk, dated [23 December 1758].
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2 ff.
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250 x 181 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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On the reverse of this letter in another draft of a letter, this time from Voltaire to Schouvalov dated 23/24 December 1758. A second, unknown hand has added two notes to the MS. The first is the date ‘1758.’ The second reads ‘A mr le comte de Keiserling’.
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[23 December 1758]
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Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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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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