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Also included with the MS is a copy of ‘Le plaisier et l’Ennui, fable par m. Drobacq.’
Repository: Private Collection
Date: 1769
CMV: cmv37530
This MS appears to be an early copy of the poem, later revised by a second hand to align with the Louvain edition. More than 120 changes have been made to the text throughout.
Repository: Private Collection
Date: c.18th
CMV: cmv37529
Repository: Private Collection
Date: post-1740
CMV: cmv375278
This MS contains copies of three Italian sonetti: one from Giovanni Lami (1697-1770) who writes against Voltaire, one titled ‘Al re di prussia’, and one by Pietro Metastasio (1698-1792).
Repository: Private Collection
Date: late c.18th
CMV: cmv37528
Repository: Private Collection
Date: post-1778
CMV: cmv37527
The poem commences on the front pastedown, continues on the verso of the title page, and concludes on the back pastedown. The copy is incomplete and features several variants. The lines are divided as follows:
- Front pastedown: l.1-12
- Verso of title page: l.38-58
- Back pastedown: l.115-132
Repository: Private Collection
Date: post-1733
CMV: cmv37525
Repository: Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris (BHVP), France
Date: 1750
CMV: cmv37524
Repository: Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris, France
Date: April 1753
CMV: cmv37522
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: 3 October 1751
CMV: cmv37521