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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 1 September 1752 [D5002]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV37130
Repository:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Shelfmark:
Français 12931 (fol.19-20), ‘XXXVII Lettres à M. et à Mme d’Argental. Années 1752-1759.’
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Reproductions:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher ange, puisqu’il faut toujours de L’amour je leur en ay donné une bonne doze avec ma barbe grize.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher ange, puisqu’il faut toujours de L’amour je leur en ay donné une bonne doze avec ma barbe grize.
Language(s):
French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 1 September 1752.
Detailed Summary:
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Genre(s):
Letter
Status:
ALS
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
4to
Dimensions:
Hands:
1
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Additional Comments:
There is a small stain to the top of f.20v and several small ink blots to the bottom of the same. The MS has been folded in half vertically (since unfolded).
Materiality Keywords:
Additional Folds, Ink Blot, Stain
Decorations:
Undecorated
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History
Date:
1 September 1752
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
potsdam
Origin:
Potsdam, Germany
Provenance:
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