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, dating to c.5 April 1745 [D3095]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36107
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Français 12937 (p.82)
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, dating to c.5 April 1745 [D3095]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher et aimable Amy, si ma faible machine pouvait suivre mon Coeur je serois actuellement chès vous.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher et aimable ami, si ma faible machine pouvait suivre mon cœur, je serois actuellement chez vous.
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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, dating to c.5 April 1745.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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4
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
There is some discolouration to the outer edges of the MS, suggesting that another object or document was once stored on top of it.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A fourth hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.37*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.82. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.82.
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History
Date:
[c.5 April 1745]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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