Autograph letter from Voltaire to Gustave III of Sweden, dated 12 November 1771 [D17444]
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CMV36710
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5-240 (VII, f.76), ‘Au roi de Suède, 12 novembre 1771 (M. 8404)’
Title:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Gustave III of Sweden, dated 12 November 1771 [D17444]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Sire c’est avec ces larmes qu’arrachent l’attendrissement et L’admiration, que j’ay lu l’éloge du Roy votre père composé par votre majesté.
Incipit Modernised:
Seigneur c’est avec ces larmes qu’arrachent l’attendrissement et L’admiration que j’ai lu l’éloge du Roy votre père composé par votre majesté.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Gustave III of Sweden, dated 12 November 1771.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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1
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
12 November 1771
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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Provenance:
This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
OCV Reference:
vol.122, p.134
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.122, ‘MS1’, p.134
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