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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
Repository:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
Shelfmark:
MA 4801 (03), ‘Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Voltaire, [1773?].’
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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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Language(s):
French
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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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Letter
Status:
ALS
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
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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]
Origin:
Paris, France
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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