Letter signed from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 29 September 1767 [D14446]
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CMV35767
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Français 12935 (fol.241-242)
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 29 September 1767 [D14446]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Il faut que je vous avoue, mon cher ami, que j’ai soixante et quatorze ans
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 29 September 1767.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Hands:
3
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
The MS was sealed using the ‘Tuck-and-Seal’ method. The wax seal is no longer extant but has caused some damage to f.242. The paper was also folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. There are two pairs of pin holes at the bottom of the MS, a number of small ink blots across f.242r, and a small ink splatter over l.2 on f.241r.
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Undecorated
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A second hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.241r. The same hand has endorsed the MS at the top of f.241r as ‘Lettre LIII’. A Basle post mark has been stamped over the address on f.242v, and several other postmarks have been drawn over the same.
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History
Date:
29 September 1767
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
Ferney
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