Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marie Françoise Catherine de Boufflers, marquise de Boufflers-Remiencourt [née de Beauvau-Craon], written from Les Délices and dated 28 December 1761 [D10235]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36152
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Shelfmark:
Français 12937 (p.153-155)
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marie Françoise Catherine de Boufflers, marquise de Boufflers-Remiencourt [née de Beauvau-Craon], written from Les Délices and dated 28 December 1761 [D10235]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
vous m’avez permis madame d’avoir l’honneur de vous écrire quelquefois
Incipit Modernised:
Vous m’avez permis madame d’avoir l’honneur de vous écrire quelquefois.
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Marie Françoise Catherine de Boufflers, marquise de Boufflers-Remiencourt [née de Beauvau-Craon], written from Les Délices and dated 28 December 1761.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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4
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There is a minor tear to the left-hand side of p.154 that has been repaired with tape. There is some staining to the top and the right-hand side of the MS. P.155 is significantly torn, causing some loss of the text. Missing words have been added by a later annotator.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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There is a minor correction to l.5 in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text. A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.82*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.153. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.153. A third hand has added a marginal note to the left-hand margin of p.153 that suggests that Voltaire was deceived into thinking that the King of Bologna had subscribed to one of his works. A fourth hand has added words lost when p.155 of the MS was torn to the paper on which the page has been affixed.
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History
Date:
28 December 1761
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
aux délices par geneve
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