Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 14 November 1757 [D7461]
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CMV37280
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MS 66 (fol.11-12), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 14 November 1757 [D7461]
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, vous devez avoir recu une petite caisse dune liqueur qu’on fait dans le pays que j’habite.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Vous devez avoir reçu une petite caisse d’une liqueur qu’on fait dans le pays que j’habite.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 14 November 1757.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
180 x 244 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The MS is watermarked with an elaborate vase of flowers.
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Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). Ink has transferred onto the top of f.11r during this folding process. There is a small stain to f.12v.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The MS has been endorsed ‘No.5’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.11r. There is a minor correction to l.1 of f.11r in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
14 November 1757
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
aux delices
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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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