Autograph letter signed from Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov to Voltaire, written from St Petersburg and dated 1/12 May 1762 [D10444]
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CMV34303
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FS 317 C 18, ‘Lettre de Ivan Ivanovitch Chouvalov à Voltaire [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov to Voltaire, written from St Petersburg and dated 1/12 May 1762 [D10444]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Voici enfin quelques remarques, dont Je vous ai parlé depuis si long tems.
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No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov to Voltaire, written from St Petersburg and dated 1/12 May 1762.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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225 x 184 mm
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1
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Bound with other letters in full red morocco, framed with three gilded fillets and a decorated spine. The edges are gilded.
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History
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1/12 May 1762
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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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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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