Autograph letter from Jacques Marie Bertrand Gaillard d’Etallonde to Voltaire, written from Wesel, and dated 23 September 1767 [D14438].
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CMV37114
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5-240 (VI, f.88-89), ‘Lettre de Moisnel à ***, 23 septembre 1767’
Title:
Autograph letter from Jacques Marie Bertrand Gaillard d’Etallonde to Voltaire, written from Wesel, and dated 23 September 1767 [D14438].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Puis-je sans indiscrétion vous marquer ma Reconnaissance pour un Présent de 9 volumes que j’ai reçu il y a Environ Deux mois.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Puis-je sans indiscrétion vous marquer ma Reconnaissance pour un Présent de neuf volumes que j’ai reçus il y a Environ Deux mois.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter by Jacques Marie Bertrand Gaillard d’Etallonde to Voltaire, written from Wesel, and dated 23 September 1767.
Detailed Summary:
The letter conveys heartfelt gratitude for a gift of nine volumes of fine literature, sent from Amsterdam by an unknown benefactor, and appeals to Voltaire to help identify this esteemed anonymous donor.
Additionally, T. D. N. Besterman notes that Caussy misidentified the sender, mistakenly referring to him as ‘Moisnel’.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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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:
23 September 1767
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), p.25.
OCV Reference:
vol.116, p.332–333
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.116, p.333
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