Autograph file copy of a letter from Voltaire to Count Andrei Petrovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 3 December 1768 [D15349]
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CMV34289
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FS 315 C 32, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Andreï Petrovitch Schouvalov [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph file copy of a letter from Voltaire to Count Andrei Petrovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 3 December 1768 [D15349]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Voilà, Mr, deux beaux ouvrages contre le fanatisme.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph file copy of a letter from Voltaire to Count Andrei Petrovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 3 December 1768.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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291 x 197 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 number ‘280’.
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History
Date:
3 December 1768
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 10 January 1882 (Lot. 229).
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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