Autograph Draft of Representation in the States General of Holland
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CMV34486
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FS 316 C 18, ‘Représentation aux États-généraux de Hollande par Voltaire [texte manuscrit].
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Autograph Draft of Representation in the States General of Holland
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Incipit Diplomatic:
hauts et puissants seigneurs je suis chargé expressement de la part du roy mon maitre de vous faire ces nouvelles representations que je soumets encor
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of representation in the States General of Holland by Voltaire.
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Physical Description
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3 ff.
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335 x 220 mm
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2
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Bound with other Voltaire manuscripts in red morocco.
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Undecorated
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There are numerous corrections throughout in the form of crossings out and the addition of corrected and/or omitted text superscript. Words and phrases have also been underlined throughout. A second, unknown hand has added six notes to the MS. The first reads ‘minutte de m. de voltaire’. The second reads ‘projet de Remonstrance aux hollandois par M. de Voltaire’. The third reads ‘7te 1745’. The fourth reads ‘7bre 1745’. The fifth reads ‘voyez siècle de Louis XV, chapitre 24. malheurs du prince Edouard’. The sixth is the number ‘100’.
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History
Date:
September 1745
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Owned by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Georges Blumenthal (1858-1941), and Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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