Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Ferney and dated 28 January 1770 [D16118]
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CMV:
CMV36737
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Shelfmark:
5-240 (VII, f.124-5), ’28 janvier 1770, à Ferney [à la même] (M. 7766)’
Title:
Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from Ferney and dated 28 January 1770 [D16118]
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Reproductions:
The Besterman Collection, Geneva, photocopy
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Qui moi madame! que je n’aie point répondu à une de vos lettres!
Incipit Modernised:
Qui moi, madame! Que je n’aie point répondu à une de vos lettres!
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter from Voltaire to Marie-Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand, written from château de Ferney dated 28 January 1770.
Detailed Summary:
According to T. D. N. Besterman, ‘MS2 is not in the hand of Bigex, as stated by Caussy, p. 34; both MS1 and MS2 are written in a hand not previously encountered, except that MS2 was dated by Wagnière.’
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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3
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Binding:
The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
28 January 1770
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.119, p.444–445
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.119, ‘MS2’, p.444
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