Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to an unidentified recipient, written from Ferney and dated 3 March 1762 [inédit]
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CMV37701
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RR Auction, Lot 553, ‘Voltaire Autograph Letter Signed’
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to an unidentified recipient, written from Ferney and dated 3 March 1762 [inédit]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
jay donné mon cher correspondant une lettre de change de 2400 lt au sr decrose pour le terme des rois
Incipit Modernised:
J’ai donné à mon cher correspondant une lettre de change de 2400 lt au sieur Decrose pour le terme des rois
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to an unidentified recipient, written from Ferney and dated 3 March 1762.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire opens by saying that he has sent a money order for 2400 lt, going on to state that nobody pays him and so he instead use a loans system. He adds that without the assistance of the recipient he would not have sufficient funds to cover his household expenses, though he acknowledges that the recipient is weary of the arrangement and therefore expresses his hopes to be able to repay their advances soon. Voltaire concludes by discussing Berlin’s desire for peace with Russia, something he claims the press and Vienna deny, and ends by asserting that we will soon be enlightened.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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229 x 165 mm
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1
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Unbound
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Undecorated
Additions:
The year appears to have been added in a second hand to the dateline in the upper right-hand corner of f.1r.
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History
Date:
3 March 1762
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Origin (transcript):
ferney
Provenance:
Passed at the RR Auction sale on 13 October 2021 (Lot 553) where it sold for $5,839.
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