Autograph letter signed from Étienne-Maurice Falconet to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 17 March 1765 [D12473]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36082
Repository:
Shelfmark:
MS 123.25
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Étienne-Maurice Falconet to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 17 March 1765 [D12473]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, En relisant le Temple du gout, derniere édition, j’ai trouvé de petites fautes dans une notte; ces fautes regardent la sculpture.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, En relisant le Temple du goût, dernière édition, j’ai trouvé de petites fautes dans une notte; ces fautes regardent la Sculpture.
In Own Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Étienne-Maurice Falconet to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 17 March 1765.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
Format:
Dimensions:
229 x 187 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with the initials ‘GR’. The rest of the watermark is lost due to the paper being cut.
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS was folded into four (since unfolded). There are remnants of tape and additional paper in the upper right-hand corner of f.1r, and along the lower left-hand edge of the same.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The Latin phrase on l.14 of f.1r has been underlined.
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History
Date:
17 March 1765
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
Paris
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Provenance:
Passed at the Chambry sale in Paris on 7 March 1881 (Lot. 234), the Dubrunfaut sale in Paris on 22 December 1884 (Lot. 93), another sale in Paris on 28 December 1889 (Lot. 82), the Charavay sale in Paris on 22 May 1890 (Lot. 72), and the Vidal-Mégret sale in Paris on 26 February 1969 (Lot. 29).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.112, p.460-461
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.112, p.461