Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan, dated 14 April [1739] [D1977]
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CMV34274
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FS 315 C 7, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Jean Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan, dated 14 April [1739] [D1977]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Vous me faisiez des faveurs monsieur quand je vous payois des tributs.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Jean Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan, dated 14 April [1739].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
228 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 added three notes to the MS. The first reads ‘date 1739’. The second is the letter ‘E/’. The third is the bibliographical reference ‘185 tome 2’.
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History
Date:
14 April [1739]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
Origin (transcript):
[Cirey]
Provenance:
Passed at the B. Fillon and L. Potier sale in Paris on 30 May 1882 (Lot. 85).
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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