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Old copy of articles for l’Encyclopédie written by Voltaire
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CMV34523
Repository:
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
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FS 322 A 1-52, ‘Articles pour l’Encyclopédie composé par Mr. de Voltaire [document manuscrit]’
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French
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Brief Summary:
Old copy of articles for l’Encyclopédie written by Voltaire.
Detailed Summary:
The articles are as follows: Élégance (p.1-3); Éloquence (p.4-10); Esprit (p.11-16); Facile (p.16-17); Faction (p.18); Fantaisie (p.19); Faste (p.20); Faveur (p.21-22); Favori (p.22); Fausseté (p.23); Fécond (p.23-24); Félicité (p.24-25); Fermeté (p.25); Feu (p.26); Fierté (p.26-27); Figuré (p.27-28); Finesse (p.29-30); Fleuri (p.30-31); Foible (p.32); Force (p.33-34); Franchise (p.35); François (p.36-40); Froid (p.41); Galant (p.42); Gazette (p.42-43); Genre de style (p.44-45); Gens de lettres (p.45-46); Gloire (p.46-47); Goût (p.48-49); Grâce (p.49-50); Grand (p.51-52); Grave (p.52).
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Encyclopedia
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Copy (Old)
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53 pp.
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8vo
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Bound with other manuscripts in vellum.
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History
Date:
c.1760
Ownership:
Owned by Marie-Charles-Apollin Briquet (1800-1881), and Paul-August-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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