Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Decroze to Voltaire, dating to c.10 December 1761 [D10201b]

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CMV:

CMV35491

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Lambert-David.IIIDecroze.2MsDecroze.3Correspondance.3.A. Decroze à Voltaire, c.10 jan. 1761

Title:

Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Decroze to Voltaire, dating to c.10 December 1761 [D10201b]

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Recipient, Annotator

Incipit Diplomatic:

Monsieur he vous prie de vouloir bien Examiné ce nouveaux memoyre

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

Partly

Brief Summary:

Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Decroze to Voltaire, dating to c.10 December 1761.

Detailed Summary:

Decroze asks Voltaire to examine a mémoire that had been put together for Decroze by a lawyer in Geneva.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

2 ff.

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Dimensions:

243 x 181 mm

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Watermark:

The paper is watermarked with a fleur-de-lys.

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Unbound

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Decorations:

Undecorated

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Voltaire has endorsed the MS in his own hand as ‘lettre de crose’ in the lower left-hand corner of f.2v.

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History

Date:

c.10 December 1761

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024