Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Baptiste Rousseau, dated [23 February 1722] [D72]
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CMV34286
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FS 315 C 4, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Jean-Baptiste Rousseau [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Baptiste Rousseau, dated [23 February 1722] [D72]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur le baron de Breteuil m’a apris Monsieur que vous vous intéressez encor un peu à moi et que le poème de Henri quatre ne vous est pas indiférent.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jean Baptiste Rousseau, dated [23 February 1722].
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Physical Description
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Extent:
4 ff.
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224 x 170 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, possibly that of Jean Baptiste Rousseau, has added a note to the MS which reads ‘R[eçu] 1 may’.
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History
Date:
[23 February 1722]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 30 January 1882 (Lot. 227).
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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