Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Dortous de Mairan, dated 24 March 1741 [D2452]
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CMV34257
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FS 315 C 9, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan [document manuscrit]’
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Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Dortous de Mairan, dated 24 March 1741 [D2452]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous êtes mon cher Monsieur Le premier ministre de la philosophie.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Dortous de Mairan, dated 24 March 1741.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
5 ff.
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197 x 156 mm
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3
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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An unknown hand has added three notes to the MS. The first reads ‘M. de Voltaire a M. de Mairan’. The second is the date ‘Le 24e Mars 1741’. The third is the number ‘248’.
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History
Date:
24 March 1741
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Probably passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 18 December 1880 (Lot. 233). Passed again at the Charavay sale in Paris on 25 May 1882 (Lot. 242), and the Charavay sale in Paris on 27 February 1889 (Lot. 173).
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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