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

Shelfmark:

Français 12931 (fol.19-20), ‘XXXVII Lettres à M. et à Mme d’Argental. Années 1752-1759.’

Title:

Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 1 September 1752 [D5002]

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565

Content

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.

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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.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

2 ff.

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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).

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Undecorated

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History

Date:

1 September 1752

Ownership:

Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).

Origin (transcript):

potsdam

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

28 January 2025