Old copy of the prologue to ‘Samson’
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV36571
Shelfmark:
MS-FS-11 (formerly Rés. 2031), ‘Voltaire. Correspondance générale (copies)’, fol.114v-116r
Title:
Old copy of the prologue to ‘Samson’
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No related manuscripts found.
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Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vous ay deja du convaincre mon cher rameau que ie nay travaillé au poeme de samson que pour votre reputation et pour votre avantage
Incipit Modernised:
Je vous ai déjà du convaincre mon cher Rameau que je nai travaillé au poeme de Samson que pour votre reputation et pour votre avantage
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Old copy of the prologue to Samson.
Detailed Summary:
The MS is bound with a recueil of copies of letters from Voltaire.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
3 ff.
Format:
Dimensions:
290 x 225 mm
Hands:
1
Watermark:
The paper is watermarked with a griffin and text reading ‘AUVERGNE 1742 / P [fleur de lys] CUSSON MOYEN / J [heart] BERGER’.
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Binding:
Part of a bound collection of Voltaire’s correspondence.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded in half horizontally (since unfolded). The upper and lower edges were then folded during the binding process to allow the MS to fit neatly in the collection. There is some staining to the lower right-hand side of f.116r.
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Undecorated
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History
Date:
post-1778
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.18C, p.189-328
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.18C, p.248
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