Letter signed from Voltaire to Fedor Pavlovich Veselovsky, written in the hand of Wagnière from Montriond and dated 19 February 1757 [D7169]
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CMV37276
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MS 66 (fol.1-2), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Fedor Pavlovich Veselovsky, written in the hand of Wagnière from Montriond and dated 19 February 1757 [D7169]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, J’ai reçu une Lettre que j’ai crû d’abord écritte à Versailles, ou dans nôtre académie
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, J’ai reçu une lettre que j’ai crû d’abord écrite à Versailles, ou dans nôtre académie
Language(s):
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Fedor Pavlovich Veselovsky, written in the hand of Wagnière from Montriond and dated 19 February 1757.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 225 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn. Beneath the shield are the initials ‘G.R.’.
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Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There are several small holes where the fold lines join at the centres of the pages, further holes in the upper right-hand quadrants of f.1r and f.2r, and a pin hole in the lower right-hand quadrant of the same. The paper has also been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides of the page. There is a small tear to the left-hand side of f.1r, and a small stain at the top of the same. The top of f.2 has also been torn, and an attempt has been made to repair the damage with additional paper. There is minor foxing throughout.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed ‘No.1’.
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History
Date:
19 February 1757
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
monrion
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Provenance:
Passed at the Vidal-Mégret sale in Paris on 29 May 1968 (Lot. 130) where it sold for 48,500 francs (plus tax).
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