Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Les Délices and dated 15 November 1760 [D9406]
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CMV37305
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MS 66 (fol.63-64), ‘Stroganov’
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Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Les Délices and dated 15 November 1760 [D9406]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Dans les dernières Lettres que j’ai eu l’honneur de vous ècrire, je ne me suis occupé que de vôtre admirable entreprise d’élever un monument au fondateur de vôtre Empire et de vôtre gloire
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, dans les dernières lettres que j’ai eu l’honneur de vous écrire, je ne me suis occupé que de votre admirable entreprise d’élever un monument au fondateur de votre empire et de vôtre gloire
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Partially autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Les Délices and dated 15 November 1760.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 225 mm
Hands:
3
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a crown and the initials ‘GR’.
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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. Some of the ink from facing pages has transferred onto f.63v and f.64r. There are ink splatters at the ends of words throughout.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed ‘No.28’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.63r. The final lines of the letter on f.64r have been added in Voltaire’s hand. A third hand has added a note beneath the date line on f.64r stating that the letter was replied to on 4 January 1761.
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History
Date:
15 November 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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