Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan, written from Versailles and dated 10 January 1748 [D3604]
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CMV36117
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Français 12937 (p.94)
Title:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan, written from Versailles and dated 10 January 1748 [D3604]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vous remercie bien tendrement, Monsieur, de votre livre déloges et je souhaite que de très longtems on ne prononce le vôtre
Incipit Modernised:
Je vous remercie bien tendrement monsieur de votre livre d’éloges et je souhaite que de très longtemps on ne prononce le vôtre
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No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan, written from Versailles and dated 10 January 1748.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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3
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
The paper has been folded to create a left-hand margin.
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Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.48’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.94. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.94. A third hand has added a provenance note to the bottom of p.94 that suggests that the copy is in the hand of a copyist of Panckoucke. The name ‘Descartes’ has been underlined on l.7 of the letter.
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History
Date:
10 January 1748
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
Versailles
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