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, written from Paris and dating to March 1742 [D2598]

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CMV:

CMV36108

Shelfmark:

Français 12937 (p.83)

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, written from Paris and dating to March 1742 [D2598]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571

Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

mon cher amy je mene une vie desordonnée, soupant quand je devrois me coucher

Incipit Modernised:

Mon cher ami, je mène une vie désordonnée, soupant quand je devrois me coucher

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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, written from Paris and dating to March 1742.

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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.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

Additions:

A fourth hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.38’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.83. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.83.

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History

Date:

ce samedy [March 1742]

Ownership:

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

Origin (transcript):

Paris

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