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Mahomet

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Mahomet

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  1. Ce Prophète menteur, ce Prêtre fanatique’ (6 lines); on Voltaire’s Mahomet, 1742.
  2. Mahomet ou le fanatisme Español
  3. Autograph notes on changes to be made to ‘Mahomet’, c.1736
  4. Corrected pages from a printed copy of Mahomet, with notes in Voltaire’s hand
  5. Corrected pages from a printed copy of ‘Mahomet’ with notes in Voltaire’s hand
  6. Autograph draft of a letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, dating to 10 July 1740 [D2265]
  7. Contemporary copy of Mahomet, produced for Claude Henri Feydeau de Marville and dated 21 August 1742
  8. Autograph fragment of Act IV Scene V of Mahomet, c.1736
  9. Portuguese translation of ‘Mahomet’ made by António José de Oliveira, 18 March 1786
  10. Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte d’Argental, written from Colmar dated 29 October 1754 [D5970]

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