Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 1 June 1761 [D9805]
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CMV37315
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MS 66 (fol.83-84), ‘Stroganov’
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Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 1 June 1761 [D9805]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, J’ai l’honneur d’envoier à vôtre Excellence un Second Cayer, c’est à dire un second Essai, qui a besoin de vos lumières et de vos bontés.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, j‘ai l’honneur d’envoyer à votre Excellence un second cahier, c’est à dire un second essay qui a besoin de vos lumières et de vos bontés.
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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 Ferney and dated 1 June 1761.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 233 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn.
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Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). It has also been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Wagnière has added a note to the upper left-hand corner of f.83r reading: ‘pro duplicata’. Voltaire has added a note in the lower left-hand corner of f.84r reading: ‘le cayer a eté envoyé a mr de solitkoff pres de Geneve.’
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History
Date:
1 June 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
Au chateau de ferney
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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