Record ID:
119642
Accession number:
MA 2480-2481
Credit:
Purchased, 1966.
Description:
2 v. (67, 135 leaves), bound ; 34.9 cm; 33.2 cm
Summary:
Recording the household expenses of Voltaire's homes Les Delices (MA 2480) and Ferney (MA 2481). The account books are written mainly in the hand of Voltaire's secretary Jean Louis Wagnière, but entries throughout also contain additions and revisions by Voltaire and others. Several leaves are blank, and some leaves have been partially excised, probably to prove receipted payments. Both volumes contain labeled bookmarks or flags that have been waxed into place, and both also include a few notes or other documents also waxed in.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine boxes (41.2, 38.2 cm)
Binding:
Vellum.
Provenance:
Purchased, 1966.
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