Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 10 July 1759 [D8388]
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CMV37289
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MS 66 (fol.33-34), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 10 July 1759 [D8388]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Une grande fluxion sur les yeux me prive de l’honneur de vous écrire de ma main et du plaisir de continuer aussi rapidement que je le voudrais l’histoire de Pierre le grand
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Une grande fluxion sur les yeux me prive de l’honneur de vous écrire de ma main et du plaisir de continuer aussi rapidement que je le voudrais l’histoire de Pierre le grand
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Tournay and dated 10 July 1759.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 232 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). Some ink transfer occurred during this folding process on f.33r.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed as ‘No.14’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.33r.
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History
Date:
10 July 1759
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
au chateau de Tournay par genêve
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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