Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Élie de Beaumont, written from Les Délices and dated 14 March 1763 [D11094]
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CMV36160
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Français 12937 (p.162)
Title:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Élie de Beaumont, written from Les Délices and dated 14 March 1763 [D11094]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23571
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je n’ai été que votre Jean-Baptiste, M, et vous êtes le sauveur des Calas.
Incipit Modernised:
Je n’ai été que vôtre Jean Baptiste, Monsieur, et vous êtes le sauveur des Calas.
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No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of a letter from Voltaire to Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Élie de Beaumont, written from Les Délices and dated 14 March 1763.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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3
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The MS is bound with other letters in the collection.
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Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘No.90’ in the upper left-hand corner of p.162. The same hand has also added a bibliographical reference to the bottom of p.162. A third hand has added a provenance note to the bottom of p.162 that states that the copy is in the hand of a copyist to Panckoucke. Names have been underlined throughout.
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History
Date:
14 March 1763
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
aux Délices
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