Autograph letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, dating to c.13 August 1764 [D12050]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34255
Shelfmark:
MS 318 E 6, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Henry-Louis Lekain [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, dating to c.13 August 1764 [D12050]
Collection(s):
Link to Archive Catalogue:
Link to Digital Resource:
OCLC Number:
Reproductions:
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher grand acteur le petit ex jesuite auteur de ce malheureux drame m’est venu trouver.
Incipit Modernised:
Language(s):
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, dating to c.13 August 1764.
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Genre(s):
Status:
Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
188 x 115 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
Countermark:
Binding:
Additional Comments:
Materiality Keywords:
Decorations:
Additions:
A second, unknown hand has added three notes to the MS. The first is the number ’37e’. The second reads ‘A M. Le Kain’. The third initially read ‘mai ou juin 1766′ but was corrected to instead read ’30 juin 1764’.
Marginalia Keywords:
Inclusions:
History
Date:
[c. 13 August 1764]
Ownership:
Origin (transcript):
Origin:
Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 15 December 1879 (Lot. 167).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
OCV Reference:
OCV Manuscript Reference:
Record created by:
Record created on: