Anecdotes Importantes

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CMV37108

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5-240 (VIII, f.79v-80), ‘Anecdotes Importantes’

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Anecdotes Importantes

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Voltaire: Author

Incipit Diplomatic:

Le projet de Fouquet trouvé à Saint-Mande était contre le cardinal Mazarin.

Incipit Modernised:

Le projet de Fouquet trouvé à Saint-Mande était contre le cardinal Mazarin.

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Physical Description

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2 ff.

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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.

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After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.

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This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Fernand Caussy, Oeuvres inédites (France, E. Champion, 1914), p.307-9.

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Record created by:

Aušra Bukniute

Record created on:

24 January 2025