L’hôte et l’hôtesse, esquisse pour un divertissement
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CMV33880
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5-240 (I, f.432), ‘L’hôte et l’hôtesse, esquisse pour un divertissement’
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L’hôte et l’hôtesse, esquisse pour un divertissement
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People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Allons, enfants, à qui mieux mieux
Incipit Modernised:
Allons, enfants, à qui mieux mieux
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
This is a fragment of the manuscript featuring Voltaire’s divertissement L’hôte et l’hôtesse. The MS, comprising seven pages, is in Wagnière’s hand.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
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184 x 140 mm
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
September 1776
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:
78A, L’hôte et l’hôtesse, p.313-322
OCV Manuscript Reference:
78A,’MS1′, p.309
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