Madrigal de M. de la Condamine à M. de Voltaire en lui envoyant son Voyage d’Amérique

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CMV33889

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5-240 (II, f.48-49), ‘Madrigal de M. de la Condamine à M. de Voltaire en lui envoyant son Voyage d’Amérique’

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Madrigal de M. de la Condamine à M. de Voltaire en lui envoyant son Voyage d’Amérique

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Des jours si bien remplis les moments sont si courts!

Incipit Modernised:

Des jours si bien remplis les moments sont si courts!

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Brief Summary:

The MS is a madrigal by Charles Marie de La Condamine.

Detailed Summary:

A version of the madrigal is featured in D4757, an autograph letter from Charles Marie de La Condamine to Voltaire, written from Paris and dated 5 January 1752.

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2 ff.

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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.

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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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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)

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Record created by:

Aušra Bukniute

Record created on:

29 August 2024