Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, dating to c.6 June 1761 [D9812]
Identifiers
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CMV36155
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Français 12937 (p.157)
Title:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, dating to c.6 June 1761 [D9812]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher Roscius vous n’êtes pas heureux, et à vous Rien, et ce privilége est moins que Rien.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher Roscius vous n’êtes pas heureux, et à vous Rien, et ce privilége est moins que Rien.
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No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Henri Louis Lekain, dating to c.6 June 1761.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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2
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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.85’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.157. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.157. The beginning of l.2 on p.157 has been underlined. There are two minor corrections to l.7-8 of the same in the form of crossings out with the addition of corrected text superscript.
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History
Date:
[c.6 June 1761]
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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