Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Potsdam and dated 22 November 1752 [D5082]
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CMV37135
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Français 12931 (fol.28-29), ‘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 22 November 1752 [D5082]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon tres cher ange quoy que les vers ne soient pas actuellement de quartier, dans notre cour, vous m’avez fait relire Zulime.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon très cher ange quoi que les vers ne soient pas actuellement de quartier, dans notre cour, vous m’avez fait relire Zulime.
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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 22 November 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:
The MS has been folded in half vertically (since unfolded). There is some ink transfer from the facing page in the lower left-hand margin of f.29v, and a large ink blot in the left-hand margin of f.30v.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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Voltaire has added a postscript vertically in the left-hand margin of f.30v.
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History
Date:
22 November 1752
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
potsdam
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