Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to M. Berger, written from Amsterdam and dated 3 January 1737 [D1245]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV36071

Shelfmark:

Français 12937 (p.41)

Title:

Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to M. Berger, written from Amsterdam and dated 3 January 1737 [D1245]

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Reproductions:

Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571

Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
M. Berger: Recipient
Unknown: Copyist

Incipit Diplomatic:

je compte toujours, monsieur, sur votre amitié

Incipit Modernised:

Je compte toujours, monsieur, sur votre amitié

Language(s):

In Own Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to M. Berger, written from Amsterdam and dated 3 January 1737.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

1 f.

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Hands:

3

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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.12’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.41 along with a large letter ‘E’. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.41. T third hand has made an additional note at the bottom of p.41 that states that the copy was made by a copyist of M. Decroix. The final five lines of p.41 have been crossed out.

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History

Date:

3 January 1737

Ownership:

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

Origin (transcript):

Amsterdam

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