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Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre sur le Messie’, 1758
Identifiers
CMV:
CMV37571
Repository:
Archivo di Stato di Parma
Shelfmark:
Cart.49
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Content
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Language(s):
French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of ‘Lettre sur le Messie’, 1758.
Detailed Summary:
Keyword(s):
Judaism, Politics, Religion
Genre(s):
Letter, Religion
Status:
Copy (Contemporary)
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
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Dimensions:
300 x 200 mm
Hands:
2
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Additional Comments:
The MS was folded into four (since unfolded).
Materiality Keywords:
Additional Folds
Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
A second hand has endorsed the MS as ‘Reponse de Mr Voltairre à l’Abbé N:N:’.
Marginalia Keywords:
Endorsement
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History
Date:
21 October 1758
Ownership:
Origin (transcript):
aux delices route de Geneve
Origin:
Les Délices, Geneva, Switzerland
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
Roland Desné and Anna Mandich, ‘Une lettre oubliée de Voltaire sur le Messie. Entre Pollier de Bottens et l’Encyclopédie‘, Dix-Huitième Siècle, 23 (1991), p.201-212.
OCV Reference:
Vol.49A, p.249-275
OCV Manuscript Reference:
Vol.49A, p.260-261, ‘MS2’
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