Old copy of Sur la police des spectacles, taken from vol.5 of the Oeuvres de Voltaire published in 1770.

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CMV34491

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FS 321 A 145-157, ‘Sur la police des spectacles. Tiré du volume 5e. des Oeuvres de Voltaire derniere edition in-8°. 1770 [texte manuscrit]’

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Old copy of Sur la police des spectacles, taken from vol.5 of the Oeuvres de Voltaire published in 1770.

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Voltaire: Author
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Brief Summary:

Old copy of Sur la police des spectacles, taken from vol.5 of the Oeuvres de Voltaire published in 1770.

Detailed Summary:

The text refers to the “Suite des mélanges de littérature” published in the Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire published in Geneva in 1770, V.i 235-239. It was printed for the first time in the Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire (Amsterdam, E. Ledet, J. Desbordes, 1740), vi, 344-348, then blended into other texts.

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13 pp.

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Bound with other manuscripts in full fawn calf.

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post-1770

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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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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024