Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, written from Monriond and dated 27 March 1757 [D7215]
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CMV34266
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FS 315 C 22, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif [document manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, written from Monriond and dated 27 March 1757 [D7215]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher confrère j’ay été enchanté de votre souvenir, et affligé de la bienséance qui empêche le maitre du châtau d’écrire un petit mot.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to François Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, written from Monriond and dated 27 March 1757.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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232 x 189 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 two notes to the MS. The first reads ‘à m. de Moncrif’. The second is the number ’86’.
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History
Date:
27 March 1757
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
Origin (transcript):
Monriond
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 12 July 1879 (Lot. 162), the Charavay sale in Paris in March 1887 (Lot. 325), and the Charavay sale in Paris on 27 February 1889 (Lot. 172).
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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