Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 5 February 1760 [D8746]
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CMV37294
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MS 66 (fol.43-44), ‘Stroganov’
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Les Délices and dated 5 February 1760 [D8746]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, c‘est pour dire a votre excellence les mêmes choses que je luy disais dans ma derniere lettre écritte il y a huit jours et adressée par vienne sous l’enveloppe de Mr le comte de Kaizerling, conseiller aulique.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, C’est pour dire à vôtre excellence les mêmes choses que je lui disais dans ma dernière lettre écrite il y a huit jours et adressée par Vienne sous l’enveloppe de Mr le comte de Kaizerling, conseiller aulique.
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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 5 February 1760.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 230 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn. Beneath the shield is the name ‘Van der Ley’.
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Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). There is a small tear to the lower edge of both folios. Ink from the facing page has transferred onto the left-hand margin of f.43v, and the last word of f.44r has smudged slightly.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed ‘No.19’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.43r. A second hand has added a note to the upper right-hand corner of f.43r reading ‘reçu le 14/28 mars 1760’.
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History
Date:
5 February 1760
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
aux délices
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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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