Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, dating to 9 May 1738 [D1493]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36089
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Français 12937 (p.54)
Title:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, dating to 9 May 1738 [D1493]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Puis je ajouter un mot à tout ce que l’amitiée la plus respectable vient de vous dire?
Incipit Modernised:
Pui-je ajouter un mot à tout ce que l’amitié la plus respectable vient de vous dire?
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No
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, dating to 9 May 1738.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
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1 f.
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2
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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.19*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.54. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.54, along with the final two lines of the letter that were missing from the original copy.
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History
Date:
9 May [1738]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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