Autograph letter signed from Anne-Rose Calas [née Cabibel] to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 27 December 1766 [D13773]
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CMV36175
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MS 124.10
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Anne-Rose Calas [née Cabibel] to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 27 December 1766 [D13773]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Cet moin pour me conformer a l’usage ordinaire, que pour satisfaire, mon devoir et mon inclination
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, cet moin pour me conformer à l’usage ordinaire, que pour satisfaire, mon devoir et mon inclination
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Anne-Rose Calas [née Cabibel] to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 27 December 1766.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
242 x 183 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with an indistinguishable image contained within a circle. There is text beneath the image, but this is also indistinguishable.
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The letter was sealed using the ‘Tuck, Fold, and Seal’ method. There is some discolouration to the outer edges of the MS, suggesting that a smaller document was stored on top of it. The MS is sealed with black wax and the seal is extant on the right-hand side of f.2v. The seal has caused some damage to the left-hand side of the same. The lower corner of the MS has been dog-eared and there are several ink blots throughout.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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The address on f.2v has been added by a second, unknown hand.
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History
Date:
27 December 1766
Ownership:
Owned by L.G. Hawkins and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
Paris
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Provenance:
Passed at the Liepmannsohn sale in Berlin c.1905 (Lot. 414) before passing into the ownership of L.G. Hawkins. Passed again at the Sotheby sale in London on 1 July 1975 (Lot. 180).
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