Letter signed from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 13 October 1767 [D14476]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35768

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.243-244)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Sébastien Dupont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 13 October 1767 [D14476]

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Reproductions:

Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

People:

Voltaire: Author

Incipit Diplomatic:

Depuis ma dernière Lettre, mon cher ami, j’ai reçu de nouveaux éclaircissements touchant les terres dépendantes du Comté de montbelliard, situées en france.

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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 13 October 1767.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

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 the same. The paper was also folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. There is some slight staining to the bottom of f.244r. Ink from the previous page has transferred onto the left-hand side of f.244r.

Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A second hand has added a bibliographical reference to the upper left-hand corner of f.243r. The same hand has also endorsed the MS in the upper right-hand corner of f.234r as ‘Lettre LIV’. Part of l.5-7 on f.234v has been underlined. A Basle postmark has been stamped over the address on f.235v, and a second postmark has been drawn over the same.

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History

Date:

13 October 1767

Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

19 August 2024