AUTOGRAPHES and MS. COUR DE FRANCE and VOLTAIRE. Nouvelles... Lot 89

AUTOGRAPHES and MS. [COUR DE FRANCE and VOLTAIRE]. Nouvelles à la main. Composite manuscript collection, approx. 80 pages in various formats, dated Sept. 6-Dec. 30, 1742. In-8, green half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (19th c. bindings). Composite handwritten collection, distinguished by 3 handwritings, of chronicles and other notes or "murmurs" about members of the Court, often beginning with "on dit dit". Court, often beginning with "on dit que", "on attribue": the disgrace of Mme de Mailly, Melle de La Tournelle, discontent against M. Maillebois, Richelieu, M. de Maurepas, etc. Several notes concern Voltaire: 21 9bre 1742: "M. de Voltaire a montré à plusieurs personnes une lettre de M. le Cardinal de Fleury très obligeante" - 22 9bre 1742: "Les partisans et amis de M. de Voltaire parlent de luy déjà comme d'un ministre." - 19 Xbre 1742: "M. de Nivernois has arrived and is working with Voltaire on the speech he is to give at the Académie on the day of his reception". (Spine rubbed, angular restorations, wetness).