BIB_ID
119642
Accession number
MA 2480
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1760-1778.
Credit line
Purchased, 1966.
Description
2 v. (67, 135 leaves), bound ; 34.9 cm; 33.2 cm
Provenance
Purchased, 1966.
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)
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