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Old copy of Les poëtes épiques
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CMV34498
Repository:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
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FS 321 A 51-52, ‘Les poëtes épiques par Voltaire […] [texte manuscrit]’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Incipit Modernised:
Language(s):
French
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No
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The verse consists of five stanzas and was first published in the Mercure de France in August 1731, p.1977-1979.
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Poetry
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Copy (Old)
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
2 pp.
Format:
8vo
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Bound with other manuscripts in full fawn calf.
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History
Date:
post-1731
Ownership:
Owned by Paul-Auguste-Cyrille de Launoit (1891-1981).
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
Jeroom Vercruysse, Inventaire raisonné des manuscrits Voltairiens de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, vol.2 (Turnhout, 1983) p.11.
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