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, written from Cirey and dated 28 November 1735 [D948]
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CMV36069
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Français 12937 (p.37-38)
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, written from Cirey and dated 28 November 1735 [D948]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Que dites vous mon cher Cideville des scelerats de Commis de la Poste?
Incipit Modernised:
Que dites vous mon cher Cideville des scélérats de commis de la poste?
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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, written from Cirey and dated 28 November 1735.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
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.10’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.37. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.37 along with a provenance note that suggests that the MS was written in the hand of a copyist at the Académie de Rouen.
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History
Date:
28 November [1735]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
Cirey
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