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Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre à l’occasion de l’impôt du vingtième’ in the hand of Longchamp, with autograph additions by Voltaire
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CMV37514
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Present Whereabouts Unknown
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Language(s):
French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre à l’occasion de l’impôt du vingtième’ in the hand of Longchamp, with autograph additions by Voltaire.
Detailed Summary:
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Genre(s):
Poetry
Status:
Annotated, Autograph, Copy (Contemporary)
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
17 pp.
Format:
Folio
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Hands:
2
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Decorations:
Undecorated.
Additions:
Voltaire has made additions throughout.
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Additional text
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History
Date:
[1749]
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Provenance:
Passed at the Bédoyère sale in Paris on 24 April 1862 (Lot. 70) and the J. Vidal-Mégret and D. Gomez sale in Paris on 30 November 1988 (Lot. 215). The present whereabouts of the manuscript are unknown.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.31B, p.289-314
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.31B, p.302, ‘MS1’
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