Autograph letter from François Antoine Devaux to Voltaire, written from Lunéville and dated 14 May 1746 [D3380a]. The letter is also known by its alternative name ‘Vers de Devaux’.
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CMV33901
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5-240 (II, f.94), ‘Vers de Devaux, à Lunéville, ce 14 mai 1746’
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Autograph letter from François Antoine Devaux to Voltaire, written from Lunéville and dated 14 May 1746 [D3380a]. The letter is also known by its alternative name ‘Vers de Devaux’.
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Rival de Virgile et du Tasse
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Rival de Virgile et du Tasse
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from François Antoine Devaux to Voltaire, written from Lunéville and dated 14 May 1746.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript, an autograph letter, is a panegyric about Voltaire written in verse and comprised of four stanzas. The poem equates Voltaire with Virgil, Torquato Tasso, and Homer, and deems Voltaire entitled to Corneille’s laurel crown.
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1 f.
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1
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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14 May 1746
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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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