Autograph draft signed of a letter from Voltaire to Elizabeth Sophia Frederica Wilhelmina von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, duchess of Württemberg, dated 10 July 1773 [D18464]
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CMV34482
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FS 315 C 39, ‘Lettre autographe de Voltaire Élisabeth-Sophie de Bayreuth-Brandebourg, duchesse de Wurtemberg [document manuscrit]’
Title:
Autograph draft signed of a letter from Voltaire to Elizabeth Sophia Frederica Wilhelmina von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, duchess of Württemberg, dated 10 July 1773 [D18464]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Madame, On me dit que votre alt. s. a daigné se souvenir que j’étais au monde.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft signed of a letter from Voltaire to Elizabeth Sophia Frederica Wilhelmina von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, duchess of Württemberg, dated 10 July 1773.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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256 x 190 mm
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3
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Undecorated
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Corrections and additions have been made by both Voltaire and Wagnière. A third, unknown hand has added three notes to the MS. The first reads ‘Ecab /’. The second reads ‘les pillules anglaises’. The third reads ‘à made la Duchesse de Virtemberg / 10e juil : 1773’.
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History
Date:
10 July 1773
Ownership:
Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
Origin (transcript):
[Ferney]
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Provenance:
Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 30 January 1882 (Lot. 229).
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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