Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, written from Les Délices and dated 26 January 1762 [D10286]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36153
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Français 12937 (p.156)
Title:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, written from Les Délices and dated 26 January 1762 [D10286]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Il est arrivé un singulier inconvénient au paquet de M. LeKain
Incipit Modernised:
Il est arrivé un singulier inconvénient au paquet de Mr Le Kain
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No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, written from Les Délices and dated 26 January 1762.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
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2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
Additional Comments:
There is a small ink blot between l.12 and l.13.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.83’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.156. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.156.
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History
Date:
26 January 1762
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
aux delices
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