Household account book for Les Délices and Ferney, 1760
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CMV34561
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MA 2480, ‘Manuscript household account books mainly in the hand of Jean Louis Wagnière : Les Delices [Geneva] and Ferney [Ferney-Voltaire], 1760-1778.’
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Household account book for Les Délices and Ferney, 1760
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Household account book for Les Délices, 1760.
Detailed Summary:
The account book records Voltaire’s household expenses.
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Physical Description
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67 ff.
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Height: 349 mm
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Bound in vellum and stored in a blue cloth drop-spine box measuring 412 mm.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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Both Voltaire and Wagnière have made a number of additions and revisions throughout. There are labelled markers throughout which have been attached to the MS with wax. Additional notes and documents have also been attached to the MS with wax.
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Date:
1760
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Provenance:
Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1966.
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