Draft of ‘Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations’, written in the hand of Longchamp with autograph corrections by Voltaire (Volume 2)
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CMV37342
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Cod. Gall. 101, ‘Essay sur les révolutions du monde et sur l’histoire de l’Esprit humain depuis le temps de Charlemagne jusqu’à nos jours, tome 2 (chapîtres XLVIX – ) – BSB Cod.gall. 101.’
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Draft of ‘Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations’, written in the hand of Longchamp with autograph corrections by Voltaire (Volume 2)
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Sur le bord occidental du Lac de constance La ville de ce nom fut batie dit on par constantios
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Sur le bord occidental du lac de Constance la ville de ce nom fut batie dit on par Constantios
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Draft of ‘Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations’, written in the hand of Longchamp with autograph corrections and additions by Voltaire. There are also several additions by Collini.
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588 pp.
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3
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The paper has been folded in half vertically to create two columns. Text is written in the right-hand column, with the left-hand column left free for additional notes. There is an ink blot on p.25 and p.572, and a stain on p.161-162 likely also caused by ink. There is a small stain in the lower left-hand corner of p.57 that may have been caused by wax or a sealing wafer. In the lower left-hand corner of p.241 is a cluster of small dots of ink, and in the lower left-hand corner of p.406 there is what appears to be a blob of wax.
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There are several minor corrections throughout in the form of crossings out, corrected text added over the top of incorrect text, and crossings out with corrected text added superscript. Voltaire has made minor corrections to l.20 and l.22 of p.27 in the form of crossing outs with corrected text added superscript. He has made similar corrections to the bottom of p.84, l.20-21 of p.128, the bottom of p.233-234, and the bottom of p.277. Voltaire has also added marginal notes throughout that provide additional material to supplement the draft. These are found on p.117, p.127, p.233-234, p.252, p.259, p.265, p.277, p.310, p.370. These notes are linked to the main text through the use of a corresponding symbols. Collini has likewise added marginal notes to p.150, p.205, p.241, and p.284, whilst Villaume has added the marginal note on p.416. Select words and phrases have been underlined throughout. Numbers and short headings have been added to the left-hand side of the pages throughout.
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c.18th
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Previously housed in the Palatine Library of Mannheim.
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