The MS is in the hand of an unidentified copyist, and is incomplete. The copy contains three chapters in the following order: 33, 32, 31. These chapters concern religious matters (Calvinism, Jansenism, and ecclesiastical affairs), and their numbering corresponds to the first printed edition of the work (1751).

This manuscript covers almost the entirety of Chapter 22 of Histoire de l’établissement du christianisme, as it appears in the print edition. It does not contain the last two paragraphs. The corrections made to the MS were carried over in the publication of the book and suggest that it is a definitive version of the text. The MS deals with issues such as the hypocrisy of monotheistic religions and their clergy, and the fanaticism they generate, promoting enlightened despotism. The word ‘dieu’ is systematically written without capital letters, a particularity that was not carried into the printed edition.

The poems are chosen from the works of Jean de Rotrou, François de Malherbe, Honorat de Bueil, marquis de Racan, François Maynard, Antoine Godeau, évêque de Vence, Robert Arnauld d’Andilly, Pierre Corneille, Louis Racine, Étienne Pavillon; Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau,  and Voltaire.

The poems are chosen from the works of Jean Rotrou, François de Malherbe, Honorat de Bueil, marquis de Racan, François de Maynard, Antoine Godeau, évêque de Vence, Robert Arnauld d’Andilly, Pierre Corneille, Louis Racine, Étienne Pavillon; Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, and Voltaire.