Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 20 April 1758 [D7715]
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CMV37283
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MS 66 (fol.19-20), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 20 April 1758 [D7715]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, je me console du retardement des instructions que votre Excellence veut bien m’envoier, dans l’esperance qu’elles n’en seront que plus amples et plus détaillées.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Je me console du retardement des instructions que votre Excellence veut bien m’envoyer, dans l’espérance qu’elles n’en seront que plus amples et plus détaillées.
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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 20 April 1758.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
180 x 242 mm
Hands:
1
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Countermark:
The paper is countermarked with indistinguishable text.
Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS was folded into four (since unfolded). There is a small blob of wax in the upper right-hand quadrant of f.20v. The wax seal of the preceding letter in the volume has left an impression in the upper left-hand corner of the MS.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed ‘No.8’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.19r.
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History
Date:
20 August 1758
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
aux délices près de geneve
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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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