Copy of ‘Vers de Voltaire sur les ruines de Lisbonne’ attributed to Voltaire but likely written by Ximénès
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CMV33740
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MS 101
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Copy of ‘Vers de Voltaire sur les ruines de Lisbonne’ attributed to Voltaire but likely written by Ximénès
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Quel est ce dire de nos calamites,
Qui dans le sein de la terre entr’ouverte
Veut replonger nos superbes cites?
Incipit Modernised:
Quel est ce dire de nos calamités,
Qui dans le sein de la terre entr’ouverte
Veut replonger nos superbes cités ?
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Brief Summary:
A poem on the destruction of Lisbon attributed to Voltaire but likely written by Augustin Louis, marquis de Ximénès.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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219 x 171 mm
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1
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The pages are watermarked with an indistinguishable image.
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The pages feature an additional horizontal fold line. The top right-hand corners of both folios have been folded over. There is a small hole at the centre of the main fold line.
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Undecorated
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The final stanza has been added sideways to the right-hand side of the rest of the poem.
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Owned by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976).
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OCV Reference:
OCV, 146, Vers sur les ruines de Lisbonne’, p.451-52, l.1-36
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