Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, written from Les Délices and dated 30 January 1762 [D10297]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36154
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Français 12937 (p.157)
Title:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, written from Les Délices and dated 30 January 1762 [D10297]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Le Libraire duchesne m’a ecrit pour me demander la permission d’imprimer la Tragedie de Zulime.
Incipit Modernised:
Le libraire Duchesne m’a écrit pour me demander la permission d’imprimer la tragédie de Zulime.
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No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, written from Les Délices and dated 30 January 1762.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
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1 f.
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2
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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.94*’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.157. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the end of the letter on p.157. The first word of l.5 on p.157 has been crossed out.
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History
Date:
30 January 1762
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
aux delices
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