Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 25 September 1761 [D10038]
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CMV37322
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MS 66 (fol.99-102), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 25 September 1761 [D10038]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, J’ai reçu par Mr De Soltikoff, les manuscrits que vôtre Excellence a bien voulu m’envoier, et les srs Cramer, Libraires de Genêve
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, J’ai reçu par Mr de Saltykov, les manuscrits que vôtre Excellence a bien voulu m’envoyer, et les srs Cramer, libraires de Genêve
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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 25 September 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 some minor tearing to the lower portion of the vertical fold line on each folio, and a small hole at the centre of f.102. There are three ink blots in the left-hand margin of f.100v, and a further four in the left-hand margin of f.101r. The iron gall ink used to write the letter is beginning to cause some corrosion to the paper.
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Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed ‘No.44’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.99r. The first word of l.2 on f.100r has been underlined, and a number ‘2’ has been added to the upper left-hand corner of f.101r and underlined twice.
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History
Date:
19 September 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
au Chateau de Ferney par genève
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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