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Add MS 44936
- Record Id:
- 032-002017531
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002017531
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x0003b5
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 44936
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MISCELLANE0US FRENCH AUTOGRAPH LETTERS; 1711-1801. All the letters are noticed, and the texts of most printed in full, in the Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed by Alfred Morrison, 4 vols., 1883-1890. Those addressed to Voltaire are edited by T. Besterman, Voltaire's Correspondence, Geneva, 1953, etc. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xi, 1936-1937, pp. 180-181. As follows:-
(1) Letters of Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine, to:-(a) her sister Maric Thérèse de Bourbon, Princesse de Conti (4); 1711. ff. 2-10;-(b) Marc René de Voyer d'Argenson, Lieutenant-General of Paris police; 1713. ff. 12-13;-(c) (?) Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans, Regent of France; 1720. ff. 15-16;-(d) Cardinal André Hercule de Fleury (2); 1726, 1739. ff. 18-21;-(e) François Arouet de Voltaire; 1750. Besterman, op. cit., xviii, no. 3650. f. 23. Morrison Cat., iv, pp. 17-19, nos. 1-5, 7-10. ff. 2-23.
(2) Letter of Denis Diderot to François Arouet de Voltaire; 1766. Besterman, op. cit., lxiii, no. 12719; cf. Diderot's Œuvres Complètes, 1875- 1877, xix, pp. 485-488; Morrison Cat., ii, pp. 37-38, no. 1. ff. 25-26.
(3) Letters of Claude Adrien Helvétius to:-(a) François Arouet de Voltaire; 1758. Besterman, op. cit., xxxiv, no. 7195. ff. 28-29;-(b) his wife, Anne Catherine; n.d. ff. 31-32. Morrison Cat., ii, pp. 249-250, nos. 2, 3. ff. 28-32.
(4) Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet- Lomont, to the Abbé Jean François du Resnel du Bellay; 1737. Besterman, op. cit., vi, no. 1265; cf. Morrison Cat., ii, p. 54, no. 1, and L'Amateur d'Autographes, iv, 1865, pp. 77-78, no. 1, where the addressee is wrongly identified as Alexander Pope. ff. 34-35.
(5) Marie Anne Françoise (al. Fanny) de Beauharnais, Comtesse des Roches- Baritaud, to:-(a) François Arouet de Voltaire; 1771. Imperfect. Besterman, op. cit., lxxix, no. 16216. f. 37;-(b) M. de Herain; 1788. ff. 39-40;-
(c) citoyen Villars; 1801. ff. 42-43. Morrison Cat., i, p. 57, nos. 1-3. ff. 37-43. Paper; ff. 43. Folio. 1711-1801. Belonged to Alfred Morrison (Sotheby's sale-cat., 10-14 Dec. 1917, lots 73, 295, 305, 486, 686), whose printed titlesheet precedes each letter with MS. notes of identity and provenance (mainly sales at Charavay's, 1855-1881). Presented, through the Friends of the National Libraries, by Louis C.G. Clarke, Esq., LL.D., F.S.A.
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includes:
- ff. 2-10 Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine: Letters to her sister, the Princesse de Conti: 1711.
- f. 12 Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine: Letter to M-R. de Voyer d'Argenson: 1713.
- f. 15 Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine: Letter to the [Duc d'Orléans?]: 1720.
- ff. 18-21 Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine: Letters to Card. A. H. de Fleury.
- f.23 Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine: Letter to F. A. de Voltaire: 1750.
- ff. 23, 25, 28, 37 François Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Letters addressed to: 1750-1771.: Fr.
- f. 25 Denis Diderot, writer: Letter to Voltaire: 1766.: Fr.
- f.28 Claude Adrien Helvétius, writer: Letter to F. A. de Voltaire: 1758.: Fr.
- f. 31 Claude Adrien Helvétius, writer: Letter to his wife: n.d.: Fr.
- f. 34 Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Chatellet: Letter to Abbé J. F. du Bellay du Resnel: 1737.: Fr.
- ff. 37-43 Marie Anne Françoise al. Fanny de Beauharnais, Comtesse des Roches-Baritaud: Letters from: 1771-1801.: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002017531
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002017531
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1711
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- 1711-1801
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Alfred Morrison, d 1897 autograph collector: Owned.
Friends of the National Libraries: Manuscripts presented through:: In 1937.
Louis Colville Gray Clarke, FSA: Presented, in: 1937.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Beauharnais, Marie Anne Françoise al. Fanny, Comtesse des Roches-Baritaud
Bourbon, Anne Louise Bénédicte, Duchesse du Maine
Châtelet, Gabrielle Émilie, née Le Tonnelier de Breteuil; natural philosopher, mathematician and translator, 1706-1749
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray, FSA
Diderot, Denis, philosopher and writer, 1713-1784
Friends of the National Libraries, 1931-
Helvétius, Claude Adrien, writer
Morrison, Alfred, autograph collector, d 1897
Voltaire, François Marie Arouet, author and philosopher, 1694-1778