Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Francesco Albergati Capacelli, written from Les Délices and dated 27 January [1760] [D8732]
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CMV36145
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Français 12937 (p.139-140)
Title:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Francesco Albergati Capacelli, written from Les Délices and dated 27 January [1760] [D8732]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Direte che io sono un uomo poco curante, e neghittoso e pigro, un che manca alla sua promessa, un traditore che ha ricevuto una bella tragedia italiana
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Direte che io sono un uomo poco curante, e neghittoso e pigro, un’ che manca alla sua promessa, un traditore che a ricevuto una bella tragedia italian
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Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Francesco Albergati Capacelli, written from Les Délices and dated 27 January [1760]. The copy is in the recipient’s hand.
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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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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.75*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.139. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.139. A third hand has added a provenance note to the upper right-hand corner of p.139 that states that the copy is in the hand of Francesco Albergati Capacelli. Part of l.11 of p.139 and l.4 of p.140 has been underlined.
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History
Date:
27 January [1760]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
aux délices
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