Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, dating to January 1750 [D4100]
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CMV36119
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Français 12937 (p.97)
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Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, dating to January 1750 [D4100]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Divin ange la tête me tourne, je suis malade
Incipit Modernised:
Divin ange la tête me tourne, je suis malade
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No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Charles Augustin Feriol, comte d’Argental, dating to January 1750.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire begins by saying that his head is spinning becuase he is sick, adding that he is working no less but maybe not better. He says that he had his blood warmed by Du Tertre [possibly Jean Baptiste François Dutertre employed by Voltaire towards the end of his life in Paris] yesterday. Voltaire ends by saying that d’Argental calms him down, puts balm on his wounds, and offers him consolation.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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2
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
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Undecorated
Additions:
The Latin phrase on l.7 of p.97 has been underlined. There is a minor correction to the end of l.3 on p.97 in the form of a crossing out, and omitted text has been added superscript on l.5 of the same. A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.50*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.97. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.97.
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History
Date:
January 1750
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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