Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 11 June 1761 [D9818]
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CMV37317
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MS 66 (fol.87-90), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 11 June 1761 [D9818]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, Vous vous êtes imposé vous même le fardeau de l’importunité que mes Lettres peut être trop fréquentes doivent vous faire éprouver
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Vous vous êtes imposé vous même le fardeau de l’importunité que mes lettres peut être trop fréquentes doivent vous faire éprouver
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 11 June 1761.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
4 ff.
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Dimensions:
180 x 233 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn. Beneath the shield are the initials ‘D&C B[lauw].
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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 blob of wax above l.20 on f.88r that has caused some minor staining to the facing page
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed as ‘No.39’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.87r. Select words and phrases have been underlined throughout. Voltaire has added a note in Latin to the bottom of f.87r reading: ‘graiis dedit ore rotundo musa loqui’.
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History
Date:
11 June 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
au Chateau de Ferney en bourgogne, par genêve
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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