Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 14 November 1761 [D10154]
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CMV37327
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MS 66 (fol.113-116), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 14 November 1761 [D10154]
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur, vous voyez que je suis plus diligent que je ne l’avais cru.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Vous voyez que je suis plus diligent que je ne l’avais cru.
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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 14 November 1761.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
4 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
185 x 231 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn. Beneath the shield is the name ‘Van der Ley’.
Countermark:
The paper is countermarked with a crown and the initials ‘GR’.
Binding:
Bound with other letters in green morocco.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded into four (since unfolded). It has additionally been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. There is a small, faint stain in the lower right-hand corner of f.113r. There is minor ink transfer from facing pages throughout, and a small ink blot beneath l.9 on f.114v. The ink transfer at the top of f.116v does not correspond to its facing page.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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The MS has been endorsed as ‘No. 49’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.113r. There are several minor corrections throughout in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
14 November 1761
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
a 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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