Autograph draft of a poem titled ‘À Madame la duchesse d’Orléans’, dated 1758
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CMV37582
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MS-FS-11-007, f.128, ‘Voltaire. Lettres originales et autographes. T. 1er’ (formerly Rés. 2032)
Title:
Autograph draft of a poem titled ‘À Madame la duchesse d’Orléans’, dated 1758
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Incipit Diplomatic:
votre egnigme n’a point de mot
[deletion: expliquer chose] sonder mistere inexplicable
Incipit Modernised:
Votre énigme n’a point de mot.
Expliquer chose inexplicable
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph draft of a poem titled ‘À Madame la duchesse d’Orléans’, dated 1758.
Detailed Summary:
The poem would later be included in a letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, written from Les Délices and dated 8 May 1758 [D7728].
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Extent:
1 f.
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2
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Part of a bound volume of Voltaire’s correspondence.
Additional Comments:
The MS has been folded in half horizontally (since unfolded). There is foxing throughout. The final two lines of the poem appear to have been added in different ink.
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has made several corrections throughout in the form of crossings out, crossings out with the addition of corrected text superscript, and the addition of omitted text superscript.
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Date:
1758
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OCV Reference:
vol.49B, p.409-412
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.49B, p.411, ‘MS 2’
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