Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from Half Farthing, Wandsworth, Greater London and dated 27 May 1727 [D315]
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CMV34307
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FS 316 C 1, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Thieriot [texte manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from Half Farthing, Wandsworth, Greater London and dated 27 May 1727 [D315]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher Tiriot j’ay receu bien tard à la campagne où je suis retiré, votre aimable lettre du premier avril.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from Half Farthing, Wandsworth, Greater London and dated 27 May 1727.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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230 x 187 mm
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1
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Undecorated
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There are a number of corrections throughout in the form of crossings out, the addition of corrected text superscript, and the addition of corrected text over the top of the incorrect text.
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History
Date:
27 May 1727
Ownership:
Owned by Philippe Charles François Pavée, Marquis de Villevielle (1738-1825), Corneille Jacobsen, and Alfred Morrison (1821-1897). Possibly also part of the Pougens collection (see Dernier volume, p.319 n), but the letter was printed in that volume (p.321
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Provenance:
Passed at the Sotheby sale in London on 19 April 1918 (Lot. 1768).
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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