Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 15 March 1762 [D10372]
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CMV37331
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MS 66 (fol.123-124), ‘Stroganov’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Count Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, written from Ferney and dated 15 March 1762 [D10372]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur je recois la lettre dont vous mhonorez en datte du 14/25 janvier.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Je reçois la lettre dont vous m’honorez en datte du 14/25 janvier.
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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 15 March 1762.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
188 x 228 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 minor ink transfer from the facing page in the lower left-hand corner of f.123v.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The MS has been endorsed as ‘No. 53’ in the upper left-hand corner of f.123r. Voltaire has added a postscript to f.124v. It is written vertically in the left-hand margin. There are minor corrections to l.7 of f.123r and l.16 of f.124v in the form of corrected text being written over the top of incorrect text.
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History
Date:
15 March 1762
Ownership:
Owned successively by the comte de Châteaugiron and Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
Origin (transcript):
au chatau 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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