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Précis du siècle de Louis XV

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Précis du siècle de Louis XV

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  1. Notebooks of George Shiffner (1st Bt.) featuring notes on Voltaire’s Siècle de Louis XIV and Précis du siècle de Louis XV, 1785-1796
  2. Autograph draft of a chapter titled ‘Voiages de l’Amiral Anson autour du globe’, c.1747-1748
  3. Untitled draft of 28 chapters of the Précis du siècle de Louis XV, with autograph additions and corrections by Voltaire
  4. Fair copy of 28 chapters of Précis du siècle de Louis XV
  5. Old copy of the end of Chapter 1 of Histoire de la guerre de 1741 / Chapter 5 of Précis du siècle de Louis XV
  6. Untitled, autograph draft of the section on Walpole in Chapter 5 of Histoire de la guerre de 1741, with autograph corrections
  7. Untitled draft of two sections of Chapter 19 of Histoire de la guerre de 1741, possibly in the hand of Collini with autograph corrections by Voltaire
  8. Untitled, autograph draft of l.1-63 of Chapter 23 of Histoire de la guerre de 1741
  9. Old copy of Chapters 25-26 of Histoire de la guerre de 1741 / Chapters 27-28 of Précis du siècle de Louis XV concerning Admiral Anson’s journey around the globe
  10. Autograph fragment of the beginning of Chapter 25 of Histoire de la guerre de 1741
  11. Single page MS, possibly in Voltaire’s hand, corresponding to Chapter 24 of Histoire de la guerre de 1741
  12. Contemporary copy of Chapter 38 of Précis du siècle de Louis XV, written in the hand of Wagnière
  13. Untitled, autograph fragment of Chapter 42 of Précis du siècle de Louis XV
  14. Autograph draft of passages concerning Admirable Anson for ‘Précis du siècle de Louis XV’, pre-1768

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