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 dated February 1750 [D4114]
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CMV36121
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Français 12937 (p.98)
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 dated February 1750 [D4114]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je m’éveille assés agréablement pour un malade qui á été obligé de se coucher.
Incipit Modernised:
Je m’éveille assez agréablement pour un malade qui a été obligé de se coucher.
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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 dated February 1750.
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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
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A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.52*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.98. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.98, and added the final line to the letter. Part of l.7-8 on p.98 have been underlined.
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History
Date:
February 1750
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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