Autograph letter from Voltaire to Gabriel Cramer, dating to c.10 November 1768 [D15301]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36323
Repository:
Shelfmark:
MS 125.22
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Gabriel Cramer, dating to c.10 November 1768 [D15301]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher éditeur je vous envoie a tout hazard cette correction qu’il est bien nécessaire de mettre dans l’errata du sicle de louis 14.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher éditeur je vous envoie à tout hazard cette correction qu’il est bien nécessaire de mettre dans l’errata du siècle de Louis 14.
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In Own Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Gabriel Cramer, dating to c.10 November 1768.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
1 f.
Format:
Dimensions:
196 x 144 mm
Hands:
3
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Binding:
Unbound
Additional Comments:
The MS was folded in half vertically. A slight tear to the top of this fold line has been repaired with tape on f.1v. The wax seal is extant in the lower left-hand corner of f.1r and here is a slight smudge of ink over l.8 of f.1r. There is some blue staining to the right-hand side of f.1v, caused by the MS being adhered to something of this shade and since removed.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Two later hands have endorsed the MS. The first has endorsed it as ‘N 62′ in green ink in the upper right-hand corner of f.1r. The second has endorsed the MS as ’26’ in pink in in the upper left-hand corner of f.1v.
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History
Date:
[c.10 November 1768]
Ownership:
Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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Provenance:
Formerly part of the Lytton Strachey collection. Passed at the Sotheby sale in London on 27 February 1723 (Lot. 443).
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.118, p.124
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.118, p.124