Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, dated 9 July 1732 [D502]

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CMV:

CMV34316

Shelfmark:

FS 316 C 12, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Nicolas-Claude Thieriot [texte manuscrit]’

Title:

Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, dated 9 July 1732 [D502]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

J have not writ an word to you this month.

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

Yes

Brief Summary:

Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, dated 9 July 1732.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

2 ff.

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205 x 160 mm

Hands:

1

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Binding:

Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.

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There are minor corrections throughout in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected text superscript. Several words have been underlined.

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History

Date:

9 July 1732

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:

Presumably 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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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024