Contemporary copy of ‘A mademoiselle de Guise, dans le temps qu’elle devait épouser M. le duc de Richelieu’

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV37095

Shelfmark:

MS-FS-11-001 (fol.130r), ‘Voltaire. Poésies diverses. Et poèmes relatifs à Voltaire’. Former shelfmark: MS Rés.2025

Title:

Contemporary copy of ‘A mademoiselle de Guise, dans le temps qu’elle devait épouser M. le duc de Richelieu’

Related record(s):

No related manuscripts found.

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

Incipit Diplomatic:

Guise, des plus beaux dons assemblage céleste

Incipit Modernised:

Guise, des plus beaux dons assemblage céleste

Language(s):

In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Contemporary copy of ‘A mademoiselle de Guise, dans le temps qu’elle devait épouser M. le duc de Richelieu’.

Detailed Summary:

The poem was written to celebrate the marriage of Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine to Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, 3rd Duc de Richelieu.

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Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

1 p.

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Hands:

1

Watermark:

The paper is watermarked with a long, thin rectangle containing decorative motifs, one of which is a fleur-de-lys.

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Binding:

Half-bound in brown morocco.

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Decorations:

Undecorated

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History

Date:

c.1740

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Origin:

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Bibliography:

OCV Reference:

vol.14, p.507-508

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.14, p.507

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

13 January 2025