Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Les Délices and dated 1 April 1760 [D8832]
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CMV37295
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MS 66 (fol.45-46), ‘Stroganov’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Les Délices and dated 1 April 1760 [D8832]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, La Lettre de Vôtre Excellence, en datte du 19 fevrier, reçüe par la voye de Vienne le 29 Mars, me remplit de reconnaissance
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, La lettre de Vôtre Excellence, en datte du 19 février, reçu par la voie de Vienne le 29 Mars, me remplit de reconnaissance
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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 Wagnière from Les Délices and dated 1 April 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 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). The paper has also been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The MS has been endorsed ‘No.20’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.45r. There is a minor correction to l.5 of f.45v in the form of incorrect text being scratched away and corrected text being written over the top.
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History
Date:
1 April 1760
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
par Genève, aux Dèlices
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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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