Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Francesco Albergati Capacelli, written from Les Délices and dated 3 October 1760 [D9281]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV36148

Shelfmark:

Français 12937 (p.145-146)

Title:

Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Francesco Albergati Capacelli, written from Les Délices and dated 3 October 1760 [D9281]

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Reproductions:

Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571

Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Francesco Albergati Capacelli: Recipient, Copyist

Incipit Diplomatic:

Signor mio amabile, caro protettore di tutte le buone arti, vi ho scritto per mezzo d’un cavaliere chiamato Mr Hope

Incipit Modernised:

Signor mio amabile, caro protettore di tutte le buone arti, vi ho scritto per mezzo d’un cavaliere chiamato Mr Hope

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In Own Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Francesco Albergati Capacelli, written from Les Délices and dated 3 October 1760.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

1 f.

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Hands:

3

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Binding:

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.78*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.145. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.145. A third hand has added two notes to the top of p.145. The first names the recipient of the letter, the second provides the date of the letter. L.17-18 of p.145 and l.2 of p.146 have been underlined.

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History

Date:

3 October 1760

Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).

Origin (transcript):

aux délices

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