Voltaire is writing to Paradis de Moncrif about the music of his opera libretto, Pandore, for which Jean-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer was supposed to be composing the music. To the proposed title for the work, Voltaire adds in his own hand ‘dans l’absense de l’autheur’. The date line and signature (‘v’) are autograph. The second leaf is blank on both sides.

Voltaire is replying to a correspondent, casting doubt on the veracity of an anecdote that this person has shared with him concerning an Englishman who wanted his son dead. Voltaire assures the recipient that he remembers his presence in Berg[en] op Zoom. The signature appears to be autograph.

The copy is part of the collection of materials gathered for the De Cayroll edition.

The copy is part of the collection of materials gathered for the De Cayroll edition.

Incomplete copy of an article almost certainly written for the Encyclopédie, but which was never included in the published work.