Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Greve Carl Fredrik Scheffer, written from Ferney and dated 14 June 1774 [D18986]
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CMV34288
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MS 315 C 40, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Karl Fredrik, comte Scheffer [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Greve Carl Fredrik Scheffer, written from Ferney and dated 14 June 1774 [D18986]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Vous me faittes suedois
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Greve Carl Fredrik Scheffer, written from Ferney and dated 14 June 1774.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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236 x 192 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 the number ‘170’ to the MS.
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History
Date:
14 June 1774
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 Sotheby sale in London on 3 February 1919 (Lot. 425).
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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