Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from the Hague dated 9 October 1740 [D2328]
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CMV34318
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FS 316 C 16, ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Nicolas-Claude Thieriot [texte manuscrit]’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from the Hague dated 9 October 1740 [D2328]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Voicy de la graine des Péricles, et des Lélius, c’est un jeune républicain d’une famille distinguée dans sa patrie, et qui luy fera honneur par luy même.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Nicolas Claude Thieriot, written from the Hague dated 9 October 1740.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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224 x 184 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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A second, unkown hand has added the date ‘9 8b 1740’ to the MS.
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History
Date:
9 October 1740
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897).
Origin (transcript):
La haye
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Provenance:
Presumably passed at the Sotheby sales of the Morrison collection in London between 1917 and 1919.
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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