Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 4 December 1754 [D6011]
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CMV37269
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Français 12931 (fol.96-97), ‘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, dated 4 December 1754 [D6011]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23565
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
mon cher ange votre consolante lettre adressée a colmar est venue enfin a lyon calmer une partie de mes inquietudes.
Incipit Modernised:
Mon cher ange votre consolante lettre adressée à Colmar est venue enfin à Lyon calmer une partie de mes inquiétudes.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, dated 4 December 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. The wax seal is extant on f.97v and has caused some damage to the same. A small tab of paper was affixed to the lower left-hand corner of f.96v with wax. L.1, and most of l.2, on .96r are written in a darker ink than the rest of the letter and with a wider nib, suggesting that Voltaire may have changed his pen after commencing the letter.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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There is a minor correction to l.5 of f.96v in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text. A postmark has been drawn over the top of the address on f.97v, and a Lyon postmark has been stamped above the same.
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History
Date:
4 December 1754
Ownership:
Owned by Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
Origin (transcript):
de mon lit a lyon
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