Epistle from Bernard to Thémire, written to Fontainebleau and dated 29 October 1732.

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EPISTLE-FROM-BERNARD-TO-THEMIRE-WRITTEN-TO-FONTAINEBLEAU-AND-DATED-29-OCTOBER-1732

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5-240 (II, f.92-93), ‘Epître à Thémire ‘de Bernard’, à Fontainebleau, le 29 octobre 1732’

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Epistle from Bernard to Thémire, written to Fontainebleau and dated 29 October 1732.

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Content

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Mr. Bernard: Author
Voltaire: Annotator

Incipit Diplomatic:

Du froid séjour de la grandeur

Incipit Modernised:

Du froid séjour de la grandeur

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Partly

Brief Summary:

The manuscript is an autograph epistle from Mr. de Bernard to Thémire, written from Fontainebleau on October 29, 1732. The title carries the phrase ‘de Bernard’ in Voltaire’s hand.

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2 ff.

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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.

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History

Date:

1732

Ownership:

After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.

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Provenance:

This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970), p.10.

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