Autograph letter signed from Marie Jeanne Bécu, comtesse Du Barry to Voltaire, written from [Paris] and dating to c.1773 [D18477]

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CMV35295

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MA 4801 (03), ‘Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Voltaire, [1773?].’

Title:

Autograph letter signed from Marie Jeanne Bécu, comtesse Du Barry to Voltaire, written from [Paris] and dating to c.1773 [D18477]

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Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

Si vous ne parliés pas Monsieur, de l’hy[v]er de vos ans, à la fraicheur de vos oeuvres on vous Croiroit animé des feux de la première jeunesse

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Autograph letter signed from Marie Jeanne Bécu, comtesse Du Barry to Voltaire, written from [Paris] and dating to c.1773.

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1 pp.

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1

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History

Date:

c.July 1773

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Origin (transcript):

[Paris]

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Provenance:

Gifted to the Morgan Library by Mrs. Charles Wrightsman in 1993.

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OCV Reference:

vol.124, p. 60

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024