The text has been endorsed by Pierre Pitois, marquis de Quincy, as being the true manuscript from which the work (attributed to Voltaire) was printed. It is heavily corrected throughout.

The first item is an unidentified version of La religion chrétienne by Cesar Chesneau De Marsais which bears striking similarity to the version of the work published in 1767 by Compagnie des Libraires associes. The item is accompanied by a 10 page advertisement, but lacks the notes section found in the published edition. The second item is an extract taken from the works of the Catholic priest Jean Meslier of Étrépigny in Champagne. The third item is a version of L’esprit de Spinosa, written by Benedictus de Spinoza and published at the Hague in 1719. The work was reprinted in 1768 with the title Traité des trois imposteurs. The fourth item is a copy of Voltaire’s Sermon des cinquantes. The fifth item is a papal bull issued by Clement VII on 20 May 1543. Items 6-8 are unidentified.