Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written from Colmar and dating to c.26 July 1754 [D5889]
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV37259
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Français 12931 (fol.77-78), ‘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, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written from Colmar and dating to c.26 July 1754 [D5889]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
anges je ne peux me consoler de vous avoir quittez qu’en vous ecrivant.
Incipit Modernised:
Anges, Je ne peux me consoler de vous avoir quittez qu’en vous écrivant.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, and Jeanne Grâce Bosc Du Bouchet, comtesse d’Argental, written from Colmar and dating to c.26 July 1754.
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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 letter was sealed using the ‘Tuck, Fold, and Seal’ method before sending. There are remnants of the wax seal on f.78v, and the seal has caused some damage to the same. There is a small area of staining on the upper right-hand side of f.77r.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A mathematical sum has been added to f.78v. Two postmarks have been drawn over the top of the address on the same, and a Colmar postmark has been stamped above the address.
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History
Date:
26 July 1754
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
[Colmar]
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