Autograph letter from Voltaire to André Joseph Panckoucke, written from Paris and dated 12 [June 1745] [D3141]
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CMV34270
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FS 315 C 13, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à André-Joseph Panckoucke, imprimeur libraire à Lille [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to André Joseph Panckoucke, written from Paris and dated 12 [June 1745] [D3141]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur de Voltaire est très sensible à l’attention qu’a eue Mr Pankouke d’imprimer si bien un ouvrage consacré à l’honneur du roy et de la nation.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to André Joseph Panckoucke, written from Paris and dated 12 [June 1745]
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Physical Description
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Extent:
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 corrected the text throughout. It has also added three notes to the MS. The first is the date ‘1745’. The second is the number ‘1280’. The third is the bibliographical reference ‘t.3.24’.
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History
Date:
12 [June 1745]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Provenance:
Part of the La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt collection. Passed at the Cornuau sale in Paris in December 1917 (Lot. 4552), and again in December 1918 (Lot. 5581).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
OCV Reference:
Owned by François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1747-1827).
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