Extracts in Poetry

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CMV33110

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Box: 1, Folder: 4, Identifier: HUG 1445

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Extracts in Poetry

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Incipit Diplomatic:

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In Voltaire’s Hand:

Brief Summary:

A collection of extracts of poetry and plays including Voltaire’s Zaïre.

Detailed Summary:

Volume of extracts of poetry and plays from writers like Michael Drayton (1563-1631), Voltaire, Antoinette Du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638-1694), and John Dryden (1631-1700), copied by Thaddeus Mason Harris in 1792. There are also critical remarks taken from published works.

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188 ff.

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1

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There are small areas of staining throughout.

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Undecorated

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There are a small numbers of corrections in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected text superscript throughout. Excerpts from printed works have occassionally been stuck into the manuscript.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024