Watercolour sketches of Pays de Gex by Voltaire
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CMV34484
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FS 315 C 1, ‘Croquis du pays de Gex [aquarelle] : dessins originaux de Voltaire’
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Watercolour sketches of Pays de Gex by Voltaire
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Brief Summary:
Watercolour sketches of Pays de Gex by Voltaire.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire sent these sketches to Philibert Trudaine de Montigny on 26 January 1776.
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Physical Description
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2 pp.
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450 x 310 mm; 400 x 240 mm
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
c.1776
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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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