Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Frankfurt-am-Main and dated 4 June 1753 [D5306]
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CMV37138
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Français 12931 (fol.35-36), ‘XXXVII Lettres à M. et à Mme d’Argental. Années 1752-1759.’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Frankfurt-am-Main and dated 4 June 1753 [D5306]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
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Incipit Diplomatic:
quand vous saurez mon cher ange touttes les persecutions cruelles que maupertuis m’a attirées, vous ne serez pas surpris que j’aye eté si longtemps sans vous ecrire.
Incipit Modernised:
Quand vous saurez mon cher ange touttes les persécutions cruelles que Maupertuis m’a attirées, vous ne serez pas surpris que j’ai été si longtemps sans vous écrire.
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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 Frankfurt-am-Main and dated 4 June 1753.
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Physical Description
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2 ff.
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1
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There are two small ink blots in the left-hand margin of f.36r and some minor ink transfer from another document at the bottom of f.36v. The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded).
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History
Date:
4 June 1753
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
francfort sur le mein au lion d’or
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