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Old copy of L’aigle, le renard, le serpent
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CMV34490
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Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
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FS 321 A 46-48, ‘L’aigle, le renard, le serpent. Fable allégorique sur la disgrace de M. le duc de Choiseul par Mr. de Voltaire en 1770 [texte manuscrit]’
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French
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The text is an allegorical fable on the subject of the disgrace of Étienne-François, duc de Choiseul (1719-1785).
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Étienne-François, duc de Choiseul, L’aigle, le renard, le serpent
Genre(s):
Fable
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Copy (Old)
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
3 pp.
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8vo
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Bound with other manuscripts in full fawn calf.
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History
Date:
post-1770
Ownership:
Owned by Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Bibliography
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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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