Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Élisabeth Sophie Gilly, marquise de Jaucourt, written from Les Délices and dated 19 October [1764] [D12153]
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CMV34700
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MA 1765.17, ‘Autograph letter signed with initial : “aux Délices” [Geneva], to [Élisabeth Sophie Gilly,] marquise de Jaucourt, [1764] Oct. 19.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Élisabeth Sophie Gilly, marquise de Jaucourt, written from Les Délices and dated 19 October [1764] [D12153]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Madame la marquise de Jaucourt ayant acheté ce livre à Genève est très humblement suppliée de vouloir bien rendre justice à la vérité.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Élisabeth Sophie Gilly, marquise de Jaucourt, written from Les Délices and dated 19 October [1764].
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Physical Description
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2 pp.
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Height: 233 mm
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Undecorated
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Two pages of text in an unknown hand have been added to the letter.
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History
Date:
19 October [1764]
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Aux Délices
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Provenance:
Passed at the Sotheby sale in London on 8 February 1901 (Lot. 388). Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956.
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