Epistle from Bernard to Thémire, written to Fontainebleau and dated 29 October 1732
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CMV37242
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5-240 (II, f.92-93), ‘Epître à Thémire ‘de Bernard’, à Fontainebleau, le 29 octobre 1732’
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Epistle from Bernard to Thémire, written to Fontainebleau and dated 29 October 1732
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Du froid séjour de la grandeur
Incipit Modernised:
Du froid séjour de la grandeur
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
The manuscript is an autograph epistle from Mr. de Bernard to Thémire, written from Fontainebleau on October 29, 1732. The title carries the phrase ‘de Bernard’ in Voltaire’s hand.
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2 ff.
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
1732
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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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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.10.
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