Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre-Robert Le Cornier de Cideville, signed by Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Haillet de Couronne and Louis-Auguste Dambourney, and dated 15 March 1733 [D574]

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CMV36064

Shelfmark:

Français 12937 (p.9)

Title:

Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre-Robert Le Cornier de Cideville, signed by Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Haillet de Couronne and Louis-Auguste Dambourney, and dated 15 March 1733 [D574]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571

Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

Formont est arrivé, sed sine te.

Incipit Modernised:

Formont est arrivé, sed sine te.

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No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Pierre-Robert Le Cornier de Cideville, signed by Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume Haillet de Couronne and Louis-Auguste Dambourney, and dated 15 March 1733.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

1 f.

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4

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Binding:

The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.4*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.9, alongside a provenance note stating that this copy was sent by the Académie de Rouen. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.9. The Latin phrase on l.1 of p.9 has been underlined. Much of l.4-9 have been crossed out.

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History

Date:

15 March 1733

Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).

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