Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Claude Perret, written from Ferney and dated 28 December 1771 [D17533]
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CMV34271
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FS 315 C 35, ‘Lettre autographe raturée de Voltaire à Claude Perret, avocat au Parlement de Dijon [document manuscrit]’
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Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Claude Perret, written from Ferney and dated 28 December 1771 [D17533]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vous remercie, Monsieur, de nous avoir bien fait connaître nos usages barbares.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Claude Perret, written from Ferney and dated 28 December 1771.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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190 x 130 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 is the letter ‘E/’. The second is the name ‘Perret’.
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History
Date:
28 December 1771
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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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Bibliography
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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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