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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, dating to 10 March 1729 [D345]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV34311
Repository:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
Shelfmark:
FS 316 C 7, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, chez Monsieur Nossé, cloître Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois, Paris [texte manuscrit]’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Noli amico tuo erranti amplius scribere quia ad te quam primum properabit, prius quam in Lutetia latere possim, in uno e vicinis pagis stabo aliquot dies.
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Language(s):
English, Latin
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, dating to 10 March 1729.
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Letter
Status:
Autograph
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
4to
Dimensions:
224 x 169 mm
Hands:
2
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Binding:
Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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A postmark has been stamped on f.2v. A second, unknown hand has added the date ’10 mars 1729′ to the MS.
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History
Date:
[10 March 1729]
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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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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