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Untitled copy of ‘Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne’
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV37538
Repository:
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
Shelfmark:
Clarke Collection, MS 12-1961, no.2
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Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
O malheureux mortels, o terre déplorable!
Incipit Modernised:
O malheureux mortels! o terre déplorable!
Language(s):
French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Untitled copy of ‘Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne’.
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Lisbon, Lisbon Earthquake
Genre(s):
Poetry
Status:
Copy (Contemporary)
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
7 pp.
Format:
4to
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Hands:
1
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Additional Comments:
There is a small ink blot on the right-hand side of f.109r.
Materiality Keywords:
Ink Blot
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
Select phrases have been underlined throughout.
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Underlining
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History
Date:
1756
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Provenance:
Part of the Louis Clarke collection.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
OCV Reference:
vol.45A, p.269-358
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.45A, p.301, ‘MS1’
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