Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 1 November 1761 [D10121]
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CMV37324
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MS 66 (fol.105-106), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 1 November 1761 [D10121]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, je reçois par Vienne, votre paquet du 17 [deletion: x] sbre que Mr de Czernishew me fait parvenir.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Je reçois par Vienne, votre paquet du 17 sbre que Mr de Czernishew me fait parvenir.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 1 November 1761.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
183 x 232 mm
Hands:
1
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 ink blot over the signature in the lower right-hand corner of f.106v.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The MS has been endorsed as ‘No. 46’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.105r. There are minor corrections to l.1 of f.105r and l.10 of f.106v in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text. The phrase ‘un corps de délit’ has been underlined on f.105r.
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History
Date:
1 November 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
a ferney par Geneve
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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