Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Bigex and dating to c.February 1746 [D3327]
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CMV36116
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Français 12937 (p.93)
Title:
Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Bigex and dating to c.February 1746 [D3327]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Que dites vous de moi mes adorables anges, de revoir sans moi Mad. Duchastelet?
Incipit Modernised:
Que dites vous de moi mes adorables anges, de revoir sans moi madame du Chastellet?
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No
Brief Summary:
Secretarial copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written in the hand of Bigex and dating to c.February 1746.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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3
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
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Undecorated
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A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.*47’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.93. The same hand has also added the final two lines of the letter and a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.93. A third hand has added a provenance note to the bottom of p.93 suggesting that the copy is in the hand of a copyist to Suard.
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History
Date:
[c.February 1746]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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