Incomplete autograph letter from Voltaire to François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 29 December 1748 [D3835]
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CMV36577
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Traces Ecrits (REF: 14042), ‘Lettre de Voltaire à Baculard d’Arnaud durant son dernier séjour à Cirey, près d’Émilie du Châtelet’
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Incomplete autograph letter from Voltaire to François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 29 December 1748 [D3835]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
en attendant le paquet de berlin voicy une petite drolerie dont vous pourez régalir sa majesté prussienne
Incipit Modernised:
En attendant le paquet de Berlin, voici une petite drôlerie dont vous pourrez régaler sa majesté prussienne.
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Brief Summary:
Incomplete autograph letter from Voltaire to François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’Arnaud, written from Cirey and dated 29 December 1748.
Detailed Summary:
The letter is incomplete as the beginning is missing. Voltaire writes that, while waiting for the Berlin package, there is a little joke with which d’Arnaud can feast on with Frederick II of Prussia; he ran very unfaithful copies. Voltaire asks for d’Arnaud’s opinion on this matter and adds that he should learn news from Catilina, a tragedy Voltaire would publish in 1752. He concludes by saying that he still has no news of the English packet, and adds that he awaits with impatience Frederick II of Prussia. In a postscript, Voltaire states that he will be in Cirey for the entirety of January and would be glad if d’Arnaud could write to him.
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1 f.
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1
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Unbound
Additional Comments:
There is a small ink stain in the lower right-hand corner of f.1r.
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has added a postscript to the bottom of the letter on f.1r.
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History
Date:
29 December [1748]
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Origin (transcript):
cirey par vassy
Provenance:
The MS passed at the Michelin sale in Paris on 3 February 1868 (Lot. 190). It was bought in by W. W. Manning at the Anderson sale in New York on 27 April 1925 (Lot. 279), and passed again at the Rochambeau sale in Paris on 18 March 1948 (Lot. 225 (I)). The MS was sold by Traces Ecrites in October 2024 with an asking price of €3400,00 (REF: 14042).
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