Incomplete contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Philippe II, duc d’Orléans, dating to c.November 1718 [D70]
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CMV35590
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Lambert-David.VDivers.1Papiers.27.Billet à nommer
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Incomplete contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Philippe II, duc d’Orléans, dating to c.November 1718 [D70]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monseigneur faudra t’il que le pauvre Voltaire ne vous aid d’autres obligations que de lavoir corrigé par une année de bastille.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Incomplete autograph copy of a letter from Voltaire to Philippe II, duc d’Orléans, dating to c.November 1718.
Detailed Summary:
The MS contains only the first sentence of the letter. In it, Voltaire asks if he has no other obligation to the recipient but to spend a year in the Bastille.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 ff.
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140 x 101 mm
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2
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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A second, later hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No. 17’ at the top of f.1r. The same hand has written ‘Voltaire’ in the lower right-hand corner of the same.
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c.November 1718
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