Satirical allegory titled ‘Allegoria sulla guerra presente’, accompanied by a sonnet based on verse by Voltaire
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CMV33107
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GEN MSS FILE 364, ‘Allegoria sulla guerra presente 1789 1790 1791, 1791’
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Satirical allegory titled ‘Allegoria sulla guerra presente’, accompanied by a sonnet based on verse by Voltaire
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Brief Summary:
A satirical allegory on the events of the Russo-Turkish war in which the various sovereigns involved are represented by animal figures.
Detailed Summary:
Also included with the allegory is a sonnet based on verse by Voltaire, and a longer poem that satirically compares a poor student to a herring.
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23 pp.
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Height: 250 mm
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1
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The manuscript is stained throughout.
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Purchased from Bennett Gilbert with the Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mokarski Fund in 2002.
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