Le baron d’Otrante
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CMV33879
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5-240 (I, f.422-431), ‘Le baron d’Otrante, opera buffa’
Title:
Le baron d’Otrante
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Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Ah! que je m’ennuie!
Incipit Modernised:
Ah! Que je m’ennuie!
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
This manuscript is a contemporary copy of Le Baron d’Otrante in Wagnière’s hand, without notable corrections. It is a sequel to Les Deux tonneaux, followed by L’Hôte et L’Hôtesse.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
10 ff.
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Dimensions:
205 x 155 mm
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
30 September 1768-Spring 1769
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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Provenance:
This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
OCV Reference:
66, Le baron d’Otrante, p.703-732
OCV Manuscript Reference:
66, ‘MS1’, p.699
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