Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to M. Berger, written from The Hague and dating to October 1740 [D2338]
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CMV36100
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Français 12937 (p.71)
Title:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to M. Berger, written from The Hague and dating to October 1740 [D2338]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
Soÿés très sur, Monsieur, que jai sondé le terrain pour les choses que vous souhaités, et que si cela avait été praticable, je l’aurais fait
Incipit Modernised:
Soyez très sûr monsieur, que j’ai sondé le terrain pour les choses que vous souhaitez, & que si cela avait été praticable, je l’aurais fait
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No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to M. Berger, written from The Hague and dating to October 1740.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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2
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
Horizontal pencil lines have been drawn across the MS to keep the text straight. There is a small ink blot in the left-hand margin of p.71.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.30’ and added a large letter ‘E’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.71. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.71. There is a minor correction to l.16 in the form of a crossing out with corrected text added superscript.
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History
Date:
October 1740
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
la haÿe
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