Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Les Délices and dated 22 April 1760 [D8868]
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CMV37297
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MS 66 (fol.49), ‘Stroganov’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Corboz from Les Délices and dated 22 April 1760 [D8868]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, La personne qui est allée à Francfort sur le Mein, et qui s’est chargée de s’informer de l’avanture du paquet du mois de septembre, ou octobre dernier
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, La personne qui est allée à Francfort sur le Mein, et qui s’est chargée de s’informer de l’avanture du paquet du mois de septembre, ou octobre dernier
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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 Les Délices and dated 22 April 1760.
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Physical Description
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1 f.
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180 x 225 mm
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2
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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. Ink from another document has transferred onto the top of f.49v. The dateline at the top of f.49r has smudged.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
22 April 1760
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
par genève, 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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