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La Henriade

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La Henriade

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  1. Contemporary copy of La Henriade in an unknown hand
  2. Copy of La Henriade, featuring a handwritten inscription from Voltaire to ‘Monsieur della Chausée’
  3. Copy of ‘La Henriade’, undated
  4. Extract from Chant VII of Voltaire’s La Henriade, written in the hand of Théophilus-Maria Vital-Chaussegros c.1830
  5. Inscription in an album produced by Johannes van Spaan for Willem Bilderdijk, dated 26 October 1781
  6. Secretarial copy of Frederick II of Prussia’s preface to La Henriade, written in the hand of Wagnière excpet for the title which is in Voltaire’s hand
  7. Secretarial copy of the preface to the 1756 edition La Henriade, written in the hand of Wagnière
  8. Secretarial copy of the preface to the 1756 edition La Henriade, written in the hand of Wagnière with the title written in the hand of Voltaire
  9. Contemporary copy of La Henriade (no longer extant)
  10. Contemporary copy of La Henriade, c.1728
  11. Nine manuscript sheets written by Voltaire from Cirey containing Chants III, IV, VII, VIII, and X of La Henriade
  12. Printed presentation copy of the 1728 edition La Henriade with a manuscript dedication to Queen Charlotte written in Voltaire’s hand
  13. Draft of the foreword to ‘La Henriade’, written in the hand of Frederick II of Prussia and dating to May 1739
  14. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Joseph de Seytres, marquis de Caumont, dated 25 October 1733 [D669]
  15. Autograph copy of ‘À sa majesté impériale’ dated 10 June 1745
  16. Centon written for an unknown woman on the French Revolution, based on ‘La Henriade’, c.18th

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